Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

41 Constitution of disability appeal tribunals

(1) A disability appeal tribunal shall consist of a chairman and two other persons.

(2) Of the members of a tribunal other than the chairman, one shall be drawn from the panel mentioned in subsection (3) of section 40 above.

(3) The other shall be drawn from the panel mentioned in subsection (4) of that section.

(4) The President shall nominate the chairman.

(5) The President may nominate as chairman—

(a) himself;

(b) one of the full-time chairmen appointed under section 49(1)(b) below; or

(c) a person drawn from the panel appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 49(1)(c) below.

(6) In summoning members of a panel to serve on a tribunal, the clerk to the tribunal shall have regard to the desirability of at least one of the members of the tribunal being a disabled person.

(7) If practicable, at least one of the members of the tribunal shall be of the same sex as the claimant.

(8) Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for supplementing this section.