Panel for appointment to appeal tribunalsN.I.
7.—(1) The Lord Chancellor shall constitute for Northern Ireland a panel of persons to act as members of appeal tribunals.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the panel shall be composed of[F1 persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor].
(3) The panel shall include persons possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed by regulations made with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor [F2; and such concurrence may be given only after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice].
[F3(3A) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (3)—
(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;
(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).”
(3B) As part of the selection process for the appointment of a medical practitioner as a member of the panel, the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission shall consult the Chief Medical Officer of the Department.]
(4) The numbers of persons appointed to the panel, and the terms and conditions of their appointments, shall be determined by the Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Department.
(5) F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1Words in art. 7(2) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 113(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 10, 12(b)
F2Words in art. 7(3) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 113(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 10, 12(b)
F3Art. 7(3A)(3B) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para. 113(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 10, 12(b)
F4Art. 7(5) repealed (3.4.2006) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), ss. 86, 87, Sch. 13; S.R. 2006/124, art. 2, Sch. paras. 9, 11(k)