Version Superseded: 03/04/2006
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Administration of Justice Act 1970, Section 10 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)If it appears to the Lord Chancellor expedient, having regard to the state of business pending before the . . . F1 Registered Designs Appeal Tribunal, he may appoint—
(a)a judge of the Court of Appeal; or
(b)a person who has held office as a judge of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court; or
(c)one of Her Majesty’s counsel,
to sit and act as an additional judge of the Tribunal (either alone or with a judge of the High Court who is a judge of the Tribunal) for such period, or for the purpose of hearing such appeals, as the Lord Chancellor may specify.
(2)A person appointed to [F2the] Tribunal under this section shall, while sitting and acting as aforesaid, have all the jurisdiction of, but shall not otherwise be deemed to be, a judge of the Tribunal.
(3)The Lord Chancellor may pay to a person appointed to [F2the]Tribunal under this section (other than a judge of the Court of Appeal) such remuneration as he may determine with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service; and any such remuneration shall be included in the expenses of the Tribunal.
(4)In this section . . . F1“the Registered Designs Appeal Tribunal” means the Appeal Tribunal constituted under section 28 of the M1Registered Designs Act 1949 [F3as amended by section 24 of the M2Administration of Justice Act 1969].
(5)In subsection (8) of the said section 85 and subsection (8) of the said section 28 (which confer power on the two Tribunals to make rules about procedure etc.), there shall in each case be inserted at the end of the subsection the words “including right of audience”.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), Sch. 6
F2Word substituted by Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), Sch. 5 para. 5(1)
F3Words substituted by Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), Sch. 5 para. 5(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss. 10(5), 41(7), 48, 51(2), 54(3) are in the form in which they were originally enacted: they were not reproduced in Statutes in Force and do not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
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