Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992

13 Power to apply Act to additional tribunals and to repeal or amend certain provisions. U.K.

(1) The Lord Chancellor F1 . . . may by order amend Part I or Part II of Schedule 1 by adding to that Part any such tribunals, other than any of the ordinary courts of law, as may be provided by the order.

(2) The Lord Chancellor F1 . . . may by order make provision, as respects any tribunal for the time being specified in Schedule 1, not being a tribunal mentioned in section 6, for amending that section so as to apply any of the provisions of that section to the tribunal or for providing for the appointment by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Court of Session or the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland of the chairman of the tribunal and of any person to be appointed to act as chairman.

(3) The Lord Chancellor F1 . . . may by order amend section 11 so as to apply that section to any tribunal for the time being specified in Schedule 1.

(4) Any order under subsection (1), (2) or (3) may make any such adaptations of the provisions of this Act as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of the order.

(5) The Lord Chancellor F1 . . . may by order—

(a) repeal or amend section 7(3) of this Act or any of paragraphs 5 F2 . . ., 9, 13, 16, 20, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 35(a) F3 . . ., 37, 39(c), 43, 44, 47, 49, 51, 54, 55, 56(d), 57(a), 58 F4 ... and 63 of Schedule 1;

[F5 (b) repeal the reference in section 6 to paragraph 43 of Schedule 1;]

(c) repeal F6 . . . the reference in section 14(1) to paragraph 20 of Schedule 1;

(d) repeal the references in section 11 to any of paragraphs 16, 24, 37, 44, 51 F4 ... and 63 of Schedule 1; and

(e) repeal the references in paragraphs 21 and 53 of Schedule 1 to sections 16, 17B and 25 of the M1 Forestry Act 1967.

[F7 (5A) In relation to Northern Ireland, any power to make an order under this section is exercisable by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland (and not by any Minister of the Crown) so far as the power may be used to make Northern Ireland devolved provision; and this section is to be read accordingly.]

(6) Nothing in this section authorises the making of an order with respect to a tribunal having jurisdiction only over matters with respect to which the Parliament of Northern Ireland had power to make laws.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 13(1)(2)(3)(5) omitted (1.7.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1, 6(1), Sch. 5 para. 11 (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

F2 Word in s. 13(5)(a) repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 337

F3 Words in s. 13(5)(a) repealed (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, ss. 151, 177, Sch. 5 para. 16(4), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt.II

F4 Word in s. 13(5) omitted (S.) (1.12.2016) by virtue of The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 3(3) (with sch. 1)

F5 S. 13(5)(b) repealed (29.11.1999 for specified purposes otherwise prosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(1)(2), 87(2), Sch. 7 para. 120(b), Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1

F6 Words in s. 13(5)(c) repealed (1.11.2007) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 146, 148(5), Sch. 23 Pt. 1; S.I. 2007/2709, art. 3(d)(v)

F7 S. 13(5A) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 48(4) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 13: transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Marginal Citations

M1 1967 c. 10.