Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971

1971 c.62

An Act to consolidate the Tribunals and Inquiries Acts 1958 and 1966 as amended.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 20(2); Act wholly in force at 27.8.1971

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Act excluded (E.W.) by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), s. 35B(7) (as inserted (25.11.1991 to the extent mentioned in S.I. 1991/2728, art. 2 and 10.2.1992 otherwise) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, 123:1), s. 27, Sch. 4 para. 17; S.I. 1991/2728, art.2; S.I. 1991/2905, art.4)

Act applied (with modifications) (E.W.S.) (1.1.1993) by Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), s. 23(9); S.I. 1992/2784, art. 2, Sch.1.

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Act extended by Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 44(4)

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Act applied (S.) with modifications by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52, SIF 23:2), ss. 11(1)(b), 46(5), 47(7), Sch. 7 para. 7(1), Sch. 9 para. 13

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Act extended with modifications by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 4, Sch. 1 para. 6(1)(b)(3) (the extension being in force as regards specified areas by virtue of S.I. 1988/140, 1989/1065, 1089, 1979, 2114, 1990/652, 1183 and being otherwise prospective)

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Act applied with modifications (E.W.) (prosp. in part) by Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8, SIF 123:1), ss. 10, 16(3), 24, 28(1)(2)

The Council on Tribunals and its functions

1 Council on Tribunals.

1

There shall continue to be a council entitled the Council on Tribunals (being the council constituted by the M1Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958)—

a

to keep under review the constitution and working of the tribunals specified in Schedule 1 to this Act (being the tribunals constituted under or for the purposes of the statutory provisions specified in that Schedule) and, from time to time, to report on their constitution and working;

b

to consider and report on such particular matters as may be referred to the Council under this Act with respect to tribunals other than the ordinary courts of law, whether or not specified in Schedule 1 to this Act, or any such tribunal;

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to consider and report on such matters as may be referred as aforesaid, or as the Council may determine to be of special importance, with respect to administrative procedures involving, or which may involve, the holding by or on behalf of a Minister of a statutory inquiry, or any such procedure.

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Nothing in this section shall authorise or require the Council to deal with any matter with respect to which the Parliament of Northern Ireland has power to make laws.

2 Composition of the Council and the Scottish Committee.

1

Subject to subsection (3) of this section the Council on Tribunals (in this Act referred to as “the Council”) shall consist of not more than fifteen nor less than ten members appointed by the Lord Chancellor and F1the Lord Advocate and one of the members shall be so appointed to be chairman of the Council.

2

There shall be a Scottish Committee of the Council (in this Act referred to as “the Scottish Committee”) which, subject to subsection (3) of this section, shall consist of—

a

either two or three members of the Council designated by F1the Lord Advocate; and

b

either three or four persons, not being members of the Council, appointed by F1the Lord Advocate;

and F1the Lord Advocate shall appoint one of the members of the Scottish Committee (being a member of the Council) to be chairman of the Scottish Committee.

3

In addition to the persons appointed or designated as aforesaid, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration shall, by virtue of his office, be a member of the Council and of the Scottish Committee.

4

In appointing members of the Council regard shall be had to the need for representation of the interests of persons in Wales.

3 Tenure of office, remuneration and expenses.

1

Persons appointed under section 2 of this Act shall hold and vacate office under the terms of the instruments under which they are appointed, but may resign office by notice in writing to the Minister or Ministers by whom they were appointed; and any such person who ceases to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment.

2

There shall be paid to the chairman of the Council and the chairman of the Scottish Committee such salaries, and to the other members of the Council and of the Scottish Committee such fees (if any) as may be determined by the Treasury.

3

The salaries and fees payable under subsection (2) of this section, together with such expenses of the Council and of the Scottish Committee (including subsistence allowances for and travelling expenses of their members) as may be approved by the Treasury shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

4 Reports of, and references to, Council and Scottish Committee.

1

Subject to the provisions of this section, any report by, or reference to, the Council shall be made to, or as the case may be by, the Lord Chancellor and F2the Lord Advocate.

2

A reference to the Council of a matter relating only to England and Wales may be made by the Lord Chancellor and a reference to the Council of a matter relating only to Scotland may be made by F2the Lord Advocate; and the report of the Council on a reference so made shall be made to the Minister making the reference.

3

The Council shall not make a report on any such tribunal as is specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act, or on any matter referred to the Council by F2the Lord Advocate, until the Council have referred the matter of the report for consideration, and report to the Council, by the Scottish Committee and have considered the report of that Committee.

4

Where, without any reference having been made to them, the Council report on any such matter as is mentioned in section 1(1)(c) of this Act, then—

a

if the matter relates only to England and Wales, subsection (2) of this section shall apply as if the matter had been referred to the Council by the Lord Chancellor;

b

if the matter relates only to Scotland, subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall apply as if the matter had been referred to them by F2the Lord Advocate.

5

The Scottish Committee may of its own motion make a report to the Council with respect to the constitution or working of any such tribunal as is specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act or with respect to any matter falling within section 1(1)(c) of this Act and relating only to Scotland.

6

If the Council, in reporting on any matter which they have referred to the Scottish Committee or on which that Committee has reported to the Council of its own motion, do not adopt the report of that Committee without modification, or if the Council do not make a report on matters on which the Scottish Committee has reported to the Council of its own motion, the Scottish Committee may submit its report to F2the Lord Advocate.

7

The Council shall make an annual report to the Lord Chancellor and F2the Lord Advocate on their proceedings and those of the Scottish Committee, and the Lord Chancellor and F2the Lord Advocate shall lay the annual report before Parliament with such comments (if any) as they think fit.

C205 Recommendations of Council as to appointment of members of tribunals. C19

1

Without prejudice to the generality of section 1(1)(a) of this Act, the Council may make to the appropriate Minister general recommendations as to the making of appointments to membership of any such tribunals as are specified in Schedule 1 to this Act or of panels constituted for the purposes of any such tribunals; and (without prejudice, however, to any statutory provisions having effect with respect to such appointments) the appropriate Minister shall have regard to recommendations under this section.

2

In this section “the appropriate Minister” means, in relation to appointments of any description, the Minister, making the appointments or, if they are not made by a Minister, the Minister in charge of the government department concerned with the tribunals in question.

3

The following provisions shall have effect as respects any such tribunal as is specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act—

a

the Council shall not make any such recommendations as aforesaid until they have referred the matter of the recommendations for consideration, and report to the Council, by the Scottish Committee and have considered the report of that Committee;

b

without prejudice to the generality of section 4(5) of this Act, the Scottish Committee may of its own motion propose any such general recommendations as aforesaid as expedient to be made by the Council to the appropriate Minister;

c

if the Council, in making recommendations under this section on any matter which they have referred to the Scottish Committee or on which that Committee has made proposals, do not adopt the report or proposals of that Committee without modification, or if the Council do not make recommendations on matters on which the Scottish Committee has made proposals to the Council, the Scottish Committee may submit its report or proposals to F3the Lord Advocate. C19

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Composition and procedure of tribunals and inquiries

E27 Chairmen etc. of certain tribunals: provisions as to appointment. C22

1

The chairman, or any person appointed to act as chairman, of any of the tribunals to which this subsection applies shall (without prejudice to any statutory provisions as to qualifications) be selected by the appropriate authority from a panel of persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor.

2

Members of panels constituted under this section shall hold and vacate office under the terms of the instruments under which they are appointed but may resign office by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor; and any such member who ceases to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment.

3

Subsection (1) of this section applies to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph . . . F8, 19(a), (b) or (e), F9. . . F10F11or 30A(a), F12(b), (c) or (e) of Schedule 1 to this Act. . . F10.

4

The person or persons constituting any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to this Act shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and where such a tribunal consists of more than one person the Lord Chancellor shall designate which of them is to be the chairman.

5

In this section “the appropriate authority” means the Minister who apart from this Act would be empowered to appoint or select the chairman, person to act as chairman, members or member of the tribunal in question.

6

A panel may be constituted under this section for the purposes either of a single tribunal or of two or more tribunals, whether or not of the same description.

7

The following provisions shall have effect for the application of this section to Scotland—

a

in relation to any of the tribunals referred to in the foregoing provisions of this section which sits in Scotland, this section shall have effect with the substitution for any reference to the Lord Chancellor of a reference to the Lord President of the Court of Session;

b

subsection (1) of this section shall apply, with the substitution aforesaid, to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 45(a) of Schedule 1 to this Act.

8

In relation to any of the tribunals referred to in the foregoing provisions of this section which sits in Northern Ireland, this section shall have effect with the substitution for any reference to the Lord Chancellor of a reference to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

E17 Chairmen etc. of certain tribunals: provisions as to appointment. C21

1

The chairman, or any person appointed to act as chairman, of any of the tribunals to which this subsection applies shall (without prejudice to any statutory provisions as to qualifications) be selected by the appropriate authority from a panel of persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor.

2

Members of panels constituted under this section shall hold and vacate office under the terms of the instruments under which they are appointed but may resign office by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor; and any such member who ceases to hold office shall be eligible for re-appointment.

3

Subsection (1) of this section applies to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph . . . . . . F5, 19(a), (b) or (e), 20 or 28(a) F630A(a), F7(b), (c) or (e) of Schedule 1 to this Act,but, in relation to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 28(a) of that Schedule, this section shall have effect subject to paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 10 to the M2Rent Act 1968.

4

The person or persons constituting any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to this Act shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and where such a tribunal consists of more than one person the Lord Chancellor shall designate which of them is to be the chairman.

5

In this section “the appropriate authority” means the Minister who apart from this Act would be empowered to appoint or select the chairman, person to act as chairman, members or member of the tribunal in question.

6

A panel may be constituted under this section for the purposes either of a single tribunal or of two or more tribunals, whether or not of the same description.

7

The following provisions shall have effect for the application of this section to Scotland—

a

in relation to any of the tribunals referred to in the foregoing provisions of this section which sits in Scotland, this section shall have effect with the substitution for any reference to the Lord Chancellor of a reference to the Lord President of the Court of Session;

b

subsection (1) of this section shall apply, with the substitution aforesaid, to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 45(a) of Schedule 1 to this Act.

8

In relation to any of the tribunals referred to in the foregoing provisions of this section which sits in Northern Ireland, this section shall have effect with the substitution for any reference to the Lord Chancellor of a reference to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

C248 Concurrence required for removal of members of certain tribunals. C23

1

Subject to subsection (2) of this section, no power of a Minister other than the Lord Chancellor to terminate a persons’s membership of any such tribunal as is specified in Schedule 1 to this Act, or of a panel constituted for the purposes of any such tribunal, shall be exercisable except with the consent of—

a

the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Court of Session and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits in all parts of the United Kingdom;

b

the Lord Chancellor and the Lord President of the Court of Session, if the tribunal sits in all parts of Great Britain;

c

the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits both in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland;

d

the Lord Chancellor, if the tribunal does not sit outside England and Wales;

e

the Lord President of the Court of Session, if the tribunal sits only in Scotland;

f

the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits only in Northern Ireland.

2

This section does not apply to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph F132AF145AF15, 5B,F166AF176BF187AF1910A17(a), 22, F2023(e), 25(a), 29(b), 30, 35 F2137A or 41(a) of Schedule 1 to this Act.

3

For the purposes of this section in its application to any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 1 to this Act, an adjudicator who has sat only in England or Wales or who has sat only in Scotland or who has sat only in Northern Ireland shall be deemed to constitute a tribunal which does not sit outside England and Wales or which sits only in Scotland or which sits only in Northern Ireland, as the case may be.

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10 Procedural rules for tribunals. C25

1

No power of a Minister, the Lord President of the Court of Session F23the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to make, approve, confirm or concur in procedural rules for any such tribunal as is specified in Schedule 1 to this Act shall be exercisable except after consultation with the Council.

2

The Council, in the exercise of their functions under this section as respects any such tribunal as is specified in Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act, shall consult with the Scottish Committee.

3

In this section “procedural rules” includes any statutory provision relating to the procedure of the tribunal in question.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F23

Words substituted by S.I. 1972/1210, art. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C25

By S.I. 1984/1247, art. 3 it is provided that s. 10 shall have effect as if for the words “the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Commissioners of Customs and Excise” there were substituted the words “the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, the Commissioners of Customs and Excise or the Foreign Compensation Commission”

11 Procedure in connection with statutory inquiries.

1

The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Council, may make rules regulating the procedure to be followed in connection with statutory inquiries held by or on behalf of Ministers; and different provision may be made by any such rules in relation to different classes of such inquiries.

2

Any rules made by the Lord Chancellor under this section shall have effect, in relation to any statutory inquiry, subject to the provisions of the enactment under which the inquiry is held, and of any rules or regulations made under that enactment.

3

Subject to subsection (2) of this section, rules made under this section may regulate procedure in connection with matters preparatory to such statutory inquiries as are mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, and in connection with matters subsequent to such inquiries, as well as in connection with the conduct of proceedings at such inquiries.

4

In the application of this section to inquiries held in Scotland, for any reference to the Lord Chancellor there shall be substituted a reference to F24the Lord Advocate; and the Council, in exercising their functions under this section in relation to rules to be made by F24the Lord Advocate, shall consult with the Scottish Committee.

12 Reasons to be given for decisions of tribunals and Ministers. C26

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Subject to the provisions of this section, where—

a

any such tribunal as is specified in Schedule 1 to this Act gives any decision; or

b

any Minister notifies any decision taken by him after the holding by him or on his behalf of a statutory inquiry, or taken by him in a case in which a person concerned could (whether by objecting or otherwise) have required the holding as aforesaid of a statutory inquiry,

it shall be the duty of the tribunal or Minister to furnish a statement, either written or oral, of the reasons for the decision if requested, on or before the giving or notification of the decision, to state the reasons.

2

The said statement may be refused, or the specification of the reasons restricted, on grounds of national security, and the tribunal or Minister may refuse to furnish the statement to a person not primarily concerned with the decision if of opinion that to furnish it would be contrary to the interests of any person primarily concerned.

3

Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any decision taken by a Minister after the holding by him or on his behalf of any inquiry or hearing which is a statutory inquiry by virtue only of an order made under section 19(2) of this Act unless the order contains a direction that this section is to apply in relation to any inquiry or hearing to which the order applies.

4

Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to decisions in respect of which any statutory provision has effect, apart from this section, as to the giving of reasons, or to decisions of a Minister in connection with the preparation, making approval, confirmation, or concurrence in regulations, rules, or byelaws, or orders or schemes of a legislative and not executive character.

5

Any statement of the reasons for such a decision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of this section, whether given in pursuance of that subsection or of any other statutory provision, shall be taken to form part of the decision and accordingly to be incorporated in the record.

6

If, after consultation with the Council, it appears to the Lord Chancellor and F25the Lord Advocate that it is expedient that decisions of any particular tribunal or any description of such decisions, or any description of decisions of a Minister, should be excluded from the operation of subsection (1) of this section on the ground that the subject-matter of such decisions, or the circumstances in which they are made, make the giving of reasons unnecessary or impracticable, the Lord Chancellor and F25the Lord Advocate may by order direct that subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to such decisions.

Judicial control of tribunals etc.

C2913 Appeals from certain tribunals. C28

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If any party to proceedings before any such tribunal as is specified in paragraph 2(b), F264, F276F276(a)F286B, 10 F2910A, 16, 17(b), F3018(a), 21, 26, 28 F31(a) or(b) or 32 of Schedule 1 to this Act F32or to proceedings before a Registered Homes Tribunalis dissatisfied in point of law with a decision of the tribunal he may, according as rules of court may provide, either appeal therefrom to the High Court or require the tribunal to state and sign a case for the opinion of the High Court.

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Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply in relation to proceedings before industrial tribunals which arise under or by virtue of any of the enactments mentioned in section 136(1) of the M3Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978.

2

Rules of court made with respect to all or any of the said tribunals may provide for authorising or requiring a tribunal, in the course of proceedings before it, to state, in the form of a special case for the decision of the High Court, any question of law arising in the proceedings; and a decision of the High Court on a case stated by virtue of this subsection shall be deemed to be a judgment of the Court within the meaning of section F3416 of M4 the Supreme Court Act 1981 (jurisdiction of Court of Appeal to hear and determine appeals from judgments of the High Court).

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In relation to proceedings in the High Court or the Court of Appeal brought by virtue of this section the power to make rules of court shall include power to make rules prescribing the powers of the High Court or the Court of Appeal with respect to—

a

the giving of any decision which might have been given by the tribunal;

b

the remitting of the matter with the opinion or direction of the court for re-hearing and determination by the tribunal;

c

the giving of directions to the tribunal;

and different provisions may be made for different tribunals.

(4) . . . F35 no appeal to the Court of Appeal shall be brought by virtue of this section except with the leave of the High Court or the Court of Appeal.

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F36Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to a decision of the Secretary of State on an appeal from the traffic commissioners for any area or the traffic commissioner for the metropolitan traffic area as it applies to a decision of any of the tribunals mentioned in that subsection, but with the substitution for the reference to a party to proceedings of a reference to any person who had, or if aggrieved would have had, a right to appeal to the Secretary of State (whether or not he has exercised that right); and accordingly references in subsections (1) and (3) of this section to a tribunal shall be construed, in relation to such an appeal, as references to the Secretary of State.

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Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to a decision of the Secretary of State on an appeal under section 41 of the M5Consumer Credit Act 1974 from a determination of the Director General of Fair Trading as it applies to a decision of any of the tribunals mentioned in that subsection, but with the substitution for the reference to a party to proceedings of a reference to any person who had a right to appeal to the Secretary of State (whether or not he has exercised that right); and accordingly references in subsections (1) and (3) of this section to a tribunal shall be construed, in relation to such an appeal, as references to the Secretary of State.

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The following provisions shall have effect for the application of this section to Scotland—

a

in relation to any proceedings in Scotland of any of the tribunals referred to in the foregoing provisions of this section, . . . F38, F39or on an appeal under section 41 of the M6Consumer Credit Act 1974 by a company registered in Scotland or by any other person whose principal or prospective principal place of business in the United Kingdom is in Scotland this section shall have effect with the following modifications, that is to say—

i

for references to the High Court or the Court of Appeal there shall be substituted references to the Court of Session;

ii

in subsection (2) for the words “in the form of a special case for the decision of the High Court” there shall be substituted the words “a case for the opinion of the Court of Session on” and the words from “and a decision” to the end of the subsection shall be omitted;

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subsection (4) shall be omitted;

b

this section shall apply, subject to the modifications specified in the foregoing paragraph, to proceedings before any such tribunal as is specified in paragraphs 38, 39, 41(b), 42 or 45(a) or (b) of Schedule 1 to this Act as it applies to proceedings before the tribunals referred to in subsection (1) of this section;

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subsection (1) of this section shall not apply in relation to proceedings before the Lands Tribunal for Scotland which arise under section 1(3A) of the Lands Tribunal Act M71949 (jurisdiction of the Tribunal in valuation matters).

c

an appeal shall lie, with the leave of the Court of Session or the House of Lords, from any decision of the Court of Session under this section, and such leave may be given on such terms as to costs or otherwise as the Court of Session or the House of Lords may determine.

7

In relation to any proceedings in Northern Ireland of any of the tribunals referred to in subsection (1) of this section, F41and in relation to a decision of the Secretary of State on an appeal under section 41 of the M8Consumer Credit Act 1974 by a company registered in Northern Ireland or by any other person whose principal or prospective principal place of business in the United Kingdom is in Northern Ireland this section shall have effect with the following modifications, that is to say—

a

in subsection (2), for the words from the beginning to “provide” there shall be substituted the words “Rules may be made under F42section 55 of the M9Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 providing”, and for the words “section 27 of the M10Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925” there shall be substituted the words F42“section 35 of the M11Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978”;

b

in subsection (3), for the words “the power to make rules of court shall include power to make rules” there shall be substituted the words “rules may be made under F42section 55 of the M12Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978”;

c

in subsection (4), for the words from the beginning to “Divisional Court” there shall be substituted the words “Rules made under F42section 55 of the M13Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, relating to such proceedings as aforesaid, shall provide that the appeal shall be heard, or as the case may be, the decision of the High Court shall be given by, a single judge”.

8

Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that all or any of the provisions of this section, so far as it relates to proceedings in the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands of the tribunal specified in paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 to this Act, shall extend to the Isle of Man or to any of the Channel Islands subject to such modifications as may be specified in the Order.

9

In this section “decision” includes any direction or order, and references to the giving of a decision shall be construed accordingly.

10

In relation to any such tribunals as are specified in paragraph 10 or 38 of Schedule 1 to this Act this section shall have effect subject to any enactment passed in the same Session as this Act with respect to appeals from such tribunals. C35

14 Extension of supervisory powers of superior courts.

1

F43As respects England and Wales . . . F44, any provision in an Act passed before 1st August 1958 that any order or determination shall not be called into question in any court, or any provision in such an Act which by similar words excludes any of the powers of the High Court, shall not have effect so as to prevent the removal of the proceedings into the High Court by order of certiorari or to prejudice the powers of the High Court to make orders of mandamus:

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2

As respects Scotland, any provision in an Act passed before 1st August 1958 that any order or determination shall not be called into question in any court, or any provision in such an Act which by similar words excludes any jurisidiction which the Court of Session would otherwise have to entertain an application for reduction or suspension of any order or determination, or otherwise to consider the validity of any order or determination, shall not have effect so as to prevent the exercise of any such jurisdiction.

3

F43Nothing in this section shall . . . F45apply to any order or determination of a court of law or where an Act makes special provision for application to the High Court or the Court of Session within a time limited by the Act.

Supplementary provisions

15 Power to apply Act to additional tribunals and to repeal or amend certain provisions. C36

1

The Lord Chancellor and F46the Lord Advocate may by order direct that Part I or Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein any such tribunals, other than any of the ordinary courts of law, as may be provided by the order.

2

The Lord Chancellor and F46the Lord Advocate may by order make provision, as respects any such tribunal as is for the time being specified in Schedule 1 to this Act, not being a tribunal mentioned in section 7 of this Act, for applying 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 and F46the Lord Advocate may by order apply section 13 of this Act to any such tribunal as is for the time being specified in Schedule 1 to this Act.

4

Any order under the foregoing provisions of this section 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 and F46the Lord Advocate may by order—

a

repeal or amend section 8(3) of this Act or any of paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18(a), 23(a) and (d), 27, 28(b), 29(d), 34, 38, 39, 43(a), 44 and 45(b) of Schedule 1 to this Act;

b

repeal the references in section 13 of this Act to any of paragraphs 2(b), 10, 18(a), 28(b), 38 and 45(b) of Schedule 1 to this Act.

6

Nothing in this section shall authorise the making of an order with respect to a tribunal having jurisdiction only over matters with respect to which the Parliament of Northern Ireland has power to make laws.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F46

Words substituted by S.I. 1972/2002, art. 3(3)(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C36

Reference to matters with respect to which the Parliament of Northern Ireland has power to make laws to be construed as a reference to matters with respect to which that Parliament would have had power to make laws if the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36) had not been passed ibid., s. 40(2)

16 Rules and orders.

1

Any power of the Lord Chancellor and F47the Lord Advocate or either of them to make rules or orders under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

2

Any power of those Ministers to make orders under any section of this Act includes power to vary or revoke any order under that section by a subsequent order but any such subsequent order under section 12(6) of this Act shall be made only after consultation with the Council.

17 Transitory provisions.

Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the matters there dealt with, being matters connected with the coming into force of the M14Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958 and the M15Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1966.

18 Consequential amendments, repeals and savings.

C371

The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on this Act.

C382

The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Part ; and the orders specified in Part II of that Schedule are hereby revoked.

3

Any appointment, designation, determination, rule or order made, any approval or consent given and any other thing done under or for the purposes of any provision repealed or revoked by this Act shall, if in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, have effect as if made, given or done under or for the purposes of the corresponding enactment in this Act; and any proceedings or other thing begun under or by virtue of any provision so repealed or revoked may be continued under this Act as if begun thereunder.

4

So much of any document as refers expressly or by implication to any provision repealed or revoked by this Act shall, if and so far as the nature of the subject-matter of the document permits, be construed as referring to this Act or the corresponding enactment therein as the case may require.

5

Nothing in this section shall be taken to prejudice the general application of F48sections 16(1) and 17(2)(a) of the M16Interpretation Act 1978 with regard to the effect of repeals.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F48

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 25(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C37

The text of s. 18(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

C38

The text of s. 18(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

19 Interpretation.

1

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

  • the Council” means the Council on Tribunals;

  • Minister” includes any Board presided over by a Minister;

  • the Scottish Committee” means the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals;

  • statutory inquiry” means—

    1. a

      an inquiry or hearing held or to be held in pursuance of a duty imposed by any statutory provision; or

    2. b

      an inquiry or hearing, or an inquiry or hearing of a class, designated for the purposes of this section by an order under subsection (2) of this section;

  • statutory provision” means a provision contained in, or having effect under, any enactment.

2

The Lord Chancellor and F49the Lord Advocate may by order designate for the purposes of this section any inquiry or hearing held or to be held in pursuance of a power conferred by any statutory provision specified or described in the order, or any class of such inquiries or hearings.

3

References in this Act to members of tribunals include references to the person constituting a tribunal consisting of one person.

C394

References in this Act to the working or a decision of, or procedural rules for, any such tribunals as are specified in paragraph 17, 22, 29(a), (b) or (c), 30, 35, 41 or 46 F50or the Data Protection Registrar referred to in paragraph 5A, F51or the Director General of Fair Trading referred to in paragraph F526A or the Controller of Plant Variety Rights referred to in paragraph 25(a), of Schedule 1 to this Act do not include references to their working, decisions or procedure in the exercise of executive functions.

20 Short title, commencement and extent.

1

This Act may be cited as the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971.

2

This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed.

3

It is hereby declared that this Act extends to Northern Ireland.

SCHEDULES

C40SCHEDULE 1 Tribunals under General Supervision of Council

Sections 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15 and 19.

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C40

By S.I. 1984/1094, art. 2 it is provided that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified in Pt. II thereof the Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal for Scotland which is constituted under Regulation 6(1)(b) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984

C51C52C53C54E4C55C56C57C58Part I Tribunals under Direct Supervision of Council

Annotations:
Extent Information
E4

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only and a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only.

Amendments (Textual)
F106

Pt. I para. 5AA: the entry referring to “Conveyancing” inserted (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 2 which provides that the entry shall be inserted after the entry relating to commons

F107

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Criminal injuries compensation” inserted (prosp.) after the entry the first column of which reads “Commons” by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), 170(1), 171(1), Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 37(2)

F108

Pt. I para. 5A: the entry referring to Consumer Credit which was inserted by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39, SIF 60), s. 3(c) was repealed by Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38, SIF 124:4), ss. 24(1)(b), 36(2)

F109

Pt. I para. 5A: the entry referring to “Copyright” inserted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303, Sch. 7 para. 14

F110

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Data protection” inserted by Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35, SIF 106), s. 3(6), Sch. 2 para. 13(c)

F111

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Data protection” renumbered as “5B” by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303, Sch. 7 para. 14

F116

Pt. I para. 6B: the entry referring to “Financial services” inserted by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 96(6), Sch. 6 para. 6(c)

F117

Pt. I para. 6C: the entry referring to “Food” inserted (E.W.S.) by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(1)

F121

Para. 10A inserted (E.W.S.) by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), s. 8, Sch. 1 para. 5(4) and substituted by Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45, SIF 66), s. 439(2), Sch. 14 (the said s. 8 and para. 5(4) being repealed by s. 438 and Sch. 12 of the 1986 Act)

F122

Entry relating to Iron and Steel repealed by British Steel Act 1988 (c. 35, SIF 70), s. 16(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F125

Words commencing “constituted or having” substituted (E.W.) by Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20, SIF 85), s. 148, Sch. 4 para. 29

F129

At the end of para. 17(a) certain words were added by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 87 and by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I these words were repealed

F138

Para. 23: sub-para. (e) added at the end of second column in para. 23 of Sch. 1 by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27, SIF 113:1), s. 12(2)(a)

F141

Para. 26: Entry relating to the tribunal constituted under section 6 of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958 repealed by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 212(3), Sch. 17 Pt. I

F143

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

F146

Para. 30 referring to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 substituted (E.W.S.) for para. 30 containing subparas. (a) and (b) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 2(2)

F150

Para. 31 referring to the Transport Act 1985 substituted (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2), Sch. 7 para. 15

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C51

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1972/1210, art. 2 which provides that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein in Pt. I, value added tax tribunals for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland

C52

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1975/1937, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the tribunals constituted by the Child Interim Benefit (Determination of Questions) Regulations 1975 and any person appointed under section 16(7)(b) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 to hear appeals from such tribunals (referred to in the said Regulations as “the Referee”)

C53

By S.I. 1974/1964, art. 3 it is provided that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Tribunal in England and Wales constituted under Part I of Sch. 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

C54

By S.I. 1984/1094, art. 2 it is provided that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified in Pt. I thereof the Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal for England and Wales which is constituted under Regulation 6(1)(a) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984

C55

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1974/1478, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the referees established by the Industrial Training (Levy Exemption References) Regulations 1974

C56

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1979/659, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. I to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the tribunals constituted under section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979

Sch. 1 Pt. I amended (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2699, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I shall have effect as if certain committees appointed for the purposes of ss. 16, 17B and 25 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10) and the tribunal constituted in accordance with s. 47 of the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53) were specified therein

C57

By Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 7(3)(a) it is provided that the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 shall have effect as if the CAA were a tribunal specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act

C58

By S.I. 1984/1247, art. 2 it is provided that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Commission (called the Foreign Compensation Commission) which was constituted under section 1 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950

C59

Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 18(a): power to continue conferred on the Secretary of State (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 3 para.15.

Marginal Citations
M32

1981 c. 14 (107:1).

Matters with which tribunal concerned

Tribunal and statutory authority

Agriculture

1.

(a) The Agricultural Land Tribunals established under section 73 of the Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48);

(b) arbitrators appointed (otherwise than by agreement) under F101Schedule 11 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.

F102Aircraft and shipbuilding industries

F1021A.

F102The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal established under section 42 of the M26Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977.

. . . F103

2.

. . . F103

F104Banking

F1042A.

F104An appeal tribunal constituted under section 28 of the Banking Act 1987 (c. 22).

Betting levy

3.

An appeal tribunal for England and Wales established under section 29 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2).

F105Registration of voluntary homes and children’s homes under the Children Act 1989.

F1054.

F105Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Part III of the Registered Homes Act 1984.

Commons

5.

The Commons Commissioners and assessors appointed under section 17(2) and (3) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).

F106Conveyancing

F1065AA.

F106A Conveyancing Appeals Tribunal constituted under section 41 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.

F107Criminal injuries compensation.

F1075B.

F107The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board constituted under Part VII of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

. . . F108

5A

. . . F108

F109Copyright.

F1095A.

F109The Copyright Tribunal.

F110Data protection.

F110F1115B.

F110(a) The Data Protection Registrar;

F110(b) The Data Protection Tribunal.

Education

6 F112(a)

Independent Schools Tribunals constituted under section 72 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Education Act 1944 (c. 31).

F113(b appeal committees constituted in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2 to the Education Act 1980 (c. 20).

F114(c) appeal committees constituted for the purposes of section 58(5)(d) of the Education Reform Act 1988.

F115Fair Trading

F1156A.

F115The Director General of Fair Trading in respect of his functions under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) and the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38), and any member of the Director’s staff authorised to exercise those functions under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41).

F116Financial services.

F1166B.

F116The Financial Services Tribunal established by section 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986.

F117Food.

F1176C.

F117Tribunals constituted in accordance with regulations under Part II of the Food Safety Act 1990.

Forestry

7.

Committees appointed for the purposes of section 20 or 21 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), being committees the members of which are appointed by the Minister having functions under those sections as respects England or Wales.

F118. . .

F1187A.

F118. . ..

Immigration appeals

8.

(a) The adjudicators established by section 1 of the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 (c. 21);

(b) the Immigration Appeal Tribunal established by section 1 of the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 (c. 21).

Indemnification of justices and clerks.

9.

Any person appointed under section 27(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42).

F119Industry

F1199A.

F119An arbitration tribunal established under Schedule 3 to the M27Industry Act 1975.

Industry and employment

10.

The industrial tribunals for England and Wales established under F120section 128 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44).

F12110A.

F121The Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal referred to in section 396 of the Insolvency Act 1986

. . . F122

11

. . . F122

Land

12.

The Lands Tribunal constituted under section 1(1)(b) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42).

F123Local Taxation.

F12312A.

F123F124Valuation tribunals established by regulations under Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

London Building Acts

13.

The tribunal of appeal constituted in accordance with section 109 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii).

Mental Health

14.

The Mental Health Review Tribunals F125constituted or having effect as if constituted under section 65 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).

F126. . .

F12615.

F126. . ..

Mines and Quarries

16.

Tribunals for the purposes of section 150 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70).

National Health Service

17.

F127(a) Family Practitioner Committees established in pursuance of F128section 10 of the M28National Health Service Act 1977 . . . F129;

(b) the tribunal constituted under F128section 46 of the M29National Health Service Act 1977;

(c) service committees of F130a Family Practitioner Committee, being committees constituted in accordance with regulations made under the F128M30National Health Service Act 1977.

. . . F131

C5918.

. . . F131

National Service

19.

(a) The Military Service (Hardship) Committees constituted under Schedule 3 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

b) the local tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(c) the appellate tribunal constituted under Schedule 4 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(d) the referees selected under the proviso to section 23(3) of the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(e) the Reinstatement Committees appointed under F132paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985;

(f) the umpire and any deputy umpire appointed under F133paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985.

. . . F134

20.

. . . F134

Nurses’ training institutions

21.

Persons nominated under section 21(2) of the Nurses Act 1957 (c. 15).

F135Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Registration.

F13521A.

F135Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Part III of the Registered Homes Act 1984.

Patents, designs and trade marks.

C6022.

The comptroller-general of patents, designs, and trade marks, and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the comptroller under section 62(3) of the Patents and Designs Act 1907 (c. 29).

Pensions

23.

(a) Pensions Appeal Tribunals for England and Wales established under section 8 of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53);

(b) Pensions Appeal Tribunals constituted under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39), being tribunals appointed for England and Wales;

(c) tribunals appointed under regulations under section 1 of the F136M31Police Pensions Act 1976 to hear F137such appeals as by virtue of the regulations lie to tribunals so appointed;

(d) appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with a scheme in force under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41).

F138(e) the Pensions Ombudsman established under Part IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60) in respect of his functions under or by virtue of section 59C(2) of that Act.

. . . F139

24.

. . . F139

Plant varieties

25.

(a) The Controller of Plant Variety Rights and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the Controller under section 11(5) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14);

(b) the F140Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal established by section 10 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14).

. . . F141

26.

. . . F141

Rates

27.

Local valuation courts constituted in accordance with section 88 of the General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9).

Rents

28.

F142(a). . .

(b) Rent assessment committees constituted in accordance with F143Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42).

F144Residential Care Homes Registration.

F14428A.

F144Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Part III of the Registered Homes Act 1984.

Revenue

29.

(a) The Commissioners for the general purposes of the income tax acting under section 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9) for any division in England and Wales;

(b) the Commissioners for the special purposes of the Income Tax Acts appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9);

(c) . . . F145

(d)the tribunal constituted for the purposes of Chapter I of Part XVII of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c.10).

F146Road Traffic.

F14630.

F146 The traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act M321981 (c. 14)F147and (b) a parking adjudicator appointed under section 73(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1991.

F148Social Security

F14830A

F148(a) Social security appeal tribunals constituted under section 41 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;(b) disability appeal tribunals constituted under section 43 of that Act;(c) medical appeal tribunals constituted under section 50 of that Act;(d) a Commissioner appointed under section 52 of that Act and any tribunal presided over by a Commissioner so appointed;(e) a tribunal constituted under regulations made under section 58 of that Act.

F149. . .

F14930B.

F149. . .

F150Transport.

F15031.

F150The Transport Tribunal constituted as provided in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1985.

Wireless telegraphy

32.

The tribunal established under section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54).

C41C42C43C44C45C46C47C48E3Part I Tribunals under Direct Supervision of Council

Annotations:
Editorial Information
X1

Para. 4 concerning Children's voluntary homes is as originally enacted; para. 4 which refers to Child Care Act 1980 and Children's Homes Act 1982 and Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 was substituted (S.) by virtue of Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 12 and Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23, SIF 113:3), s. 57, Sch. 3

Extent Information
E3

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only and a separate version has been created for Scotland only.

Amendments (Textual)
F59

Pt. I para. 5AA: the entry referring to “Conveyancing” inserted (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 2 which provides that the entry shall be inserted after the entry relating to commons

F60

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Criminal injuries compensation” inserted (prosp.) after the entry the first column of which reads “Commons” by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), 170(1), 171(1), Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 37(2)

F61

Pt. I para. 5A: the entry referring to Consumer Credit which was inserted by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39, SIF 60), s. 3(c) was repealed by Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38, SIF 124:4), ss. 24(1)(b), 36(2)

F63

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Data protection” inserted by Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35, SIF 106), s. 3(6), Sch. 2 para. 13(c)

F64

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Data protection” renumbered as “5B” by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303, Sch. 7 para. 14

F66

Pt. I para. 6B: the entry referring to “Financial services” inserted by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 96(6), Sch. 6 para. 6(c)

F67

Pt. I para. 6C: the entry referring to “Food” inserted (E.W.S.) by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(1)

F71

Para. 10A inserted (E.W.S.) by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), s. 8, Sch. 1 para. 5(4) and substituted by Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45, SIF 66), s. 439(2), Sch. 14 (the said s. 8 and para. 5(4) being repealed by s. 438 and Sch. 12 of the 1986 Act)

F72

Entry relating to Iron and Steel repealed by British Steel Act 1988 (c. 35, SIF 70), s. 16(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F78

At the end of para. 17(a) certain words were added by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 87 and by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I these words were repealed

F87

Para. 23: sub-para. (e) added at the end of second column in para. 23 of Sch. 1 by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27, SIF 113:1), s. 12(2)(a)

F90

Para. 26: Entry relating to the tribunal constituted under section 6 of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958 repealed by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 212(3), Sch. 17 Pt. I

F92

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

F95

Para. 30 referring to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 substituted (E.W.S.) for para. 30 referring to the Road Traffic Act 1960 and the Transport Act 1968 by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 2(2)

F100

Para. 31 referring to the Transport Act 1985 substituted (E.W.S.) for para. 31 referring to the Transport Act 1962 by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2), Sch. 7 para. 15

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C41

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1972/1210, art. 2 which provides that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein in Pt. I, value added tax tribunals for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland

C42

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1974/1478, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the referees established by the Industrial Training (Levy Exemption References) Regulations 1974

C43

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1975/1937, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the tribunals constituted by the Child Interim Benefit (Determination of Questions) Regulations 1975 and any person appointed under section 16(7)(b) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 to hear appeals from such tribunals (referred to in the said Regulations as “the Referee”)

C44

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1979/659, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the tribunals constituted under section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979

Sch. I Pt. I amended (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2699, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I shall have effect as if certain committees appointed for the purposes of ss. 16, 17B and 25 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10) and the tribunal constituted in accordance with s. 47 of the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53) were specified therein.

C45

By S.I. 1974/1964, art. 3 it is provided that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Tribunal in England and Wales constituted under Part I of Sch. 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

C46

By Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 7(3)(a) it is provided that the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 shall have effect as if the CAA were a tribunal specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act

C47

By S.I. 1984/1094, art. 2 it is provided that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified in Pt. I thereof the Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal for England and Wales which is constituted under Regulation 6(1)(a) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984

C48

By S.I. 1984/1247, art. 2 it is provided that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Commission (called the Foreign Compensation Commission) which was constituted under section 1 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950

C49

Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 18(a): power to continue conferred on the Secretary of State (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 3 para.15.

Marginal Citations
M24

1981 c. 14 (107:1).

Matters with which tribunal concerned

Tribunal and statutory authority

Agriculture

1.

(a) The Agricultural Land Tribunals established under section 73 of the Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48);

(b) arbitrators appointed (otherwise than by agreement) under F53Schedule 11 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.

F54Aircraft and shipbuilding industries

F541A.

F54The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal established under section 42 of the M17Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977.

. . . F55

2.

. . . F55

F56Banking

F562A.

F56An appeal tribunal constituted under section 28 of the Banking Act 1987 (c. 22).

Betting levy

3.

An appeal tribunal for England and Wales established under section 29 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2).

X1Children’s voluntary homes

4.

Appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with section 30 of, and Part I of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1948 (c. 43).

F57X1Registration of voluntary homes under Child Care Act 1980 and children’s homes under Children’s Homes Act 1982.

F574.

F57Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.

[F58Child support maintenance]

[F584A.].

[F58 -(a) The child support appeal tribunals established under section 21 of the Child Support Act 1991. (b) A Child Support Commissioner appointed under section 22 of the Child Support Act 1991 and any tribunal presided over by such a Commissioner.]

Commons

5.

The Commons Commissioners and assessors appointed under section 17(2) and (3) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).

F59Conveyancing

F595AA.

F59A Conveyancing Appeals Tribunal constituted under section 41 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.

F60Criminal injuries compensation.

F605B.

F60The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board constituted under Part VII of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

. . . F61

5A

. . . F61

F62Copyright.

F625A.

F62The Copyright Tribunal.

F63Data protection.

F63F645B.

F63(a) The Data Protection Registrar;

F63(b) The Data Protection Tribunal.

Education

6

Independent Schools Tribunals constituted under section 72 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Education Act 1944 (c. 31).

F65Fair Trading

F656A.

F65The Director General of Fair Trading in respect of his functions under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) and the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38), and any member of the Director’s staff authorised to exercise those functions under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41).

F66Financial services.

F666B.

F66The Financial Services Tribunal established by section 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986.

F67Food.

F676C.

F67Tribunals constituted in accordance with regulations under Part II of the Food Safety Act 1990.

Forestry

7.

Committees appointed for the purposes of section 20 or 21 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), being committees the members of which are appointed by the Minister having functions under those sections as respects England or Wales.

F68Hospital building

F687A.

F68The Health Services Board and its Welsh Committee, in respect of their functions under Part III of the M18Health Services Act 1976.

Immigration appeals

8.

(a) The adjudicators established by section 1 of the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 (c. 21);

(b) the Immigration Appeal Tribunal established by section 1 of the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 (c. 21).

Indemnification of justices and clerks.

9.

Any person appointed under section 27(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42).

F69Industry

F699A.

F69An arbitration tribunal established under Schedule 3 to the M19Industry Act 1975.

Industry and employment

10.

The industrial tribunals for England and Wales established under F70section 12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964 (c. 16)F70section 128 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44).

F7110A.

F71The Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal referred to in section 396 of the Insolvency Act 1986

. . . F72

11

. . . F72

Land

12.

The Lands Tribunal constituted under section 1(1)(b) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42).

F73Local Taxation.

F7312A.

F73Valuation and community charge tribunals established by regulations under Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

London Building Acts

13.

The tribunal of appeal constituted in accordance with section 109 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii).

Mental Health

14.

The Mental Health Review Tribunals constituted under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72).

F74Milk and Dairies

F7415.

F74Tribunals constituted under regulations made under, or having effect as if made under, Part II of the F75Food Act 1984.

Mines and Quarries

16.

Tribunals for the purposes of section 150 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70).

National Health Service

17.

F76(a) Family Practitioner Committees established in pursuance of F77section 10 of the M20National Health Service Act 1977 . . . F78;

(b) the tribunal constituted under F77section 46 of the M21National Health Service Act 1977;

(c) service committees of F79a Family Practitioner Committee, being committees constituted in accordance with regulations made under the F77M22National Health Service Act 1977.

. . . F80

C4918.

. . . F80

National Service

19.

(a) The Military Service (Hardship) Committees constituted under Schedule 3 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

b) the local tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(c) the appellate tribunal constituted under Schedule 4 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(d) the referees selected under the proviso to section 23(3) of the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(e) the Reinstatement Committees appointed under F81paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985;

(f) the umpire and any deputy umpire appointed under F82paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985.

. . . F83

20.

. . . F83

Nurses’ training institutions

21.

Persons nominated under section 21(2) of the Nurses Act 1957 (c. 15).

F84Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Registration.

F8421A

F84Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.

Patents, designs and trade marks.

C5022.

The comptroller-general of patents, designs, and trade marks, and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the comptroller under section 62(3) of the Patents and Designs Act 1907 (c. 29).

Pensions

23.

(a) Pensions Appeal Tribunals for England and Wales established under section 8 of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53);

(b) Pensions Appeal Tribunals constituted under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39), being tribunals appointed for England and Wales;

(c) tribunals appointed under regulations under section 1 of the F85M23Police Pensions Act 1976 to hear F86such appeals as by virtue of the regulations lie to tribunals so appointed;

(d) appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with a scheme in force under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41).

F87(e) the Pensions Ombudsman established under Part IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60) in respect of his functions under or by virtue of section 59C(2) of that Act.

. . . F88

24.

. . . F88

Plant varieties

25.

(a) The Controller of Plant Variety Rights and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the Controller under section 11(5) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14);

(b) the F89Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal established by section 10 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14).

. . . F90

26.

. . . F90

Rates

27.

Local valuation courts constituted in accordance with section 88 of the General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9).

Rents

28.

F91(a) Rent Tribunals constituted in accordance with F92section 76 of the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42);

(b) Rent assessment committees constituted in accordance with F92Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42).

F93Residential Care Homes Registration.

F9328A.

F93Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.

Revenue

29.

(a) The Commissioners for the general purposes of the income tax acting under section 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9) for any division in England and Wales;

(b) the Commissioners for the special purposes of the Income Tax Acts appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9);

(c) . . . F94

(d)the tribunal constituted for the purposes of Chapter I of Part XVII of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c.10).

F95Road Traffic

F9530.

F95(a) The traffic commissioners for any area appointed under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16) and the traffic commissioner for the metropolitan traffic area;

F95(b) the licensing authority for the purposes of Part V of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73).

F95Road Traffic.

F9530.

F96(a)F95The traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act M241981 (c. 14).F96and (b) a parking adjudicator appointed under section 73(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1991.

F97Social Security

F9730A

F97(a) Social security appeal tribunals constituted under section 41 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;(b) disability appeal tribunals constituted under section 43 of that Act;(c) medical appeal tribunals constituted under section 50 of that Act;(d) a Commissioner appointed under section 52 of that Act and any tribunal presided over by a Commissioner so appointed;(e) a tribunal constituted under regulations made under section 58 of that Act.

F98F99Supplementary benefits &c.

F98F9930B.

F98F99The appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with Schedule 4 to the M25Supplementary Benefits Act 1976.

F100Transport charges and licences.

F10031.

F100The Transport Tribunal constituted as provided in Schedule 10 to the Transport Act 1962 (c. 46).

F100Transport.

F10031.

F100The Transport Tribunal constituted as provided in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1985.

Wireless telegraphy

32.

The tribunal established under section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54).

C61C62C63C64C65C66C67C68E5Part I Tribunals under Direct Supervision of Council

Annotations:
Editorial Information
X2

Para. 4 concerning Children's voluntary homes is as originally enacted; para. 4 which refers to Child Care Act 1980 and Children's Homes Act 1982 and Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 was substituted (S.) by virtue of Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41, SIF 113:3), s. 29, Sch. 9 Pt. I para. 12 and Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23, SIF 113:3), s. 57, Sch. 3

Extent Information
E5

This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only and a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only.

Amendments (Textual)
F157

Pt. I para. 5AA: the entry referring to “Conveyancing” inserted (prosp.) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), ss. 124(3), 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 2 which provides that the entry shall be inserted after the entry relating to commons

F158

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Criminal injuries compensation” inserted (prosp.) after the entry the first column of which reads “Commons” by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), 170(1), 171(1), Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 37(2)

F159

Pt. I para. 5A: the entry referring to Consumer Credit which was inserted by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39, SIF 60), s. 3(c) was repealed by Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38, SIF 124:4), ss. 24(1)(b), 36(2)

F160

Pt. I para. 5A: the entry referring to “Copyright” inserted by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303, Sch. 7 para. 14

F161

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Data protection” inserted by Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35, SIF 106), s. 3(6), Sch. 2 para. 13(c)

F162

Pt. I para. 5B: the entry referring to “Data protection” renumbered as “5B” by Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303, Sch. 7 para. 14

F164

Pt. I para. 6B: the entry referring to “Financial services” inserted by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 96(6), Sch. 6 para. 6(c)

F165

Pt. I para. 6C: the entry referring to “Food” inserted (E.W.S.) by Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16, SIF 53:1, 2), s. 59(1), Sch. 3 para. 14(1)

F169

Para. 10A inserted (E.W.S.) by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), s. 8, Sch. 1 para. 5(4) and substituted by Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45, SIF 66), s. 439(2), Sch. 14 (the said s. 8 and para. 5(4) being repealed by s. 438 and Sch. 12 of the 1986 Act)

F170

Entry relating to Iron and Steel repealed by British Steel Act 1988 (c. 35, SIF 70), s. 16(3), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F177

At the end of para. 17(a) certain words were added by Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53, SIF 113:2), ss. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 87 and by Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48, SIF 113:1), s. 24, Sch. 8 Pt. I these words were repealed

F186

Para. 23: sub-para. (e) added at the end of second column in para. 23 of Sch. 1 by Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27, SIF 113:1), s. 12(2)(a)

F189

Para. 26: Entry relating to the tribunal constituted under section 6 of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act 1958 repealed by Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60, SIF 69), s. 212(3), Sch. 17 Pt. I

F191

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)

F194

Para. 30 referring to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 substituted (E.W.S.) for para. 30 referring to the Road Traffic Act 1960 and the Transport Act 1968 by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 2(2)

F199

Para. 31 referring to the Transport Act 1985 substituted (E.W.S.) for para. 31 referring to the Transport Act 1962 by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(2), Sch. 7 para. 15

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C61

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1972/1210, art. 2 which provides that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein in Pt. I, value added tax tribunals for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland

C62

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1974/1478, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the referees established by the Industrial Training (Levy Exemption References) Regulations 1974

C63

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1975/1937, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the tribunals constituted by the Child Interim Benefit (Determination of Questions) Regulations 1975 and any person appointed under section 16(7)(b) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 to hear appeals from such tribunals (referred to in the said Regulations as “the Referee”)

C64

Pt. I amended by S.I. 1979/659, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the tribunals constituted under section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979

Sch. I Pt. I amended (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2699, art. 2 which provides that Pt. I shall have effect as if certain committees appointed for the purposes of ss. 16, 17B and 25 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10) and the tribunal constituted in accordance with s. 47 of the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53) were specified therein.

C65

By S.I. 1974/1964, art. 3 it is provided that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Tribunal in England and Wales constituted under Part I of Sch. 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

C66

By Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16, SIF 9), s. 7(3)(a) it is provided that the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 shall have effect as if the CAA were a tribunal specified in Part I of Schedule 1 to that Act

C67

By S.I. 1984/1094, art. 2 it is provided that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified in Pt. I thereof the Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal for England and Wales which is constituted under Regulation 6(1)(a) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984

C68

By S.I. 1984/1247, art. 2 it is provided that Pt. I of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Commission (called the Foreign Compensation Commission) which was constituted under section 1 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950

C69

Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 18(a): power to continue conferred on the Secretary of State (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 3 para.15.

Marginal Citations
M40

1981 c. 14 (107:1).

Matters with which tribunal concerned

Tribunal and statutory authority

Agriculture

1.

(a) The Agricultural Land Tribunals established under section 73 of the Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48);

(b) arbitrators appointed (otherwise than by agreement) under F151Schedule 11 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986.

F152Aircraft and shipbuilding industries

F1521A.

F152The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal established under section 42 of the M33Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977.

. . . F153

2.

. . . F153

F154Banking

F1542A.

F154An appeal tribunal constituted under section 28 of the Banking Act 1987 (c. 22).

Betting levy

3.

An appeal tribunal for England and Wales established under section 29 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2).

X2Children’s voluntary homes

4.

Appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with section 30 of, and Part I of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1948 (c. 43).

F155X2Registration of voluntary homes under Child Care Act 1980 and children’s homes under Children’s Homes Act 1982.

F1554.

F155Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.

[F156Child support maintenance]

[F1564A.].

[F156 -(a) The child support appeal tribunals established under section 21 of the Child Support Act 1991. (b) A Child Support Commissioner appointed under section 22 of the Child Support Act 1991 and any tribunal presided over by such a Commissioner.]

Commons

5.

The Commons Commissioners and assessors appointed under section 17(2) and (3) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).

F157Conveyancing

F1575AA.

F157A Conveyancing Appeals Tribunal constituted under section 41 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.

F158Criminal injuries compensation.

F1585B.

F158The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board constituted under Part VII of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

. . . F159

5A

. . . F159

F160Copyright.

F1605A.

F160The Copyright Tribunal.

F161Data protection.

F161F1625B.

F161(a) The Data Protection Registrar;

F161(b) The Data Protection Tribunal.

Education

6

Independent Schools Tribunals constituted under section 72 of, and Schedule 6 to, the Education Act 1944 (c. 31).

F163Fair Trading

F1636A.

F163The Director General of Fair Trading in respect of his functions under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39) and the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38), and any member of the Director’s staff authorised to exercise those functions under paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41).

F164Financial services.

F1646B.

F164The Financial Services Tribunal established by section 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986.

F165Food.

F1656C.

F165Tribunals constituted in accordance with regulations under Part II of the Food Safety Act 1990.

Forestry

7.

Committees appointed for the purposes of section 20 or 21 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), being committees the members of which are appointed by the Minister having functions under those sections as respects England or Wales.

F166Hospital building

F1667A.

F166The Health Services Board and its Welsh Committee, in respect of their functions under Part III of the M34Health Services Act 1976.

Immigration appeals

8.

(a) The adjudicators established by section 1 of the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 (c. 21);

(b) the Immigration Appeal Tribunal established by section 1 of the Immigration Appeals Act 1969 (c. 21).

Indemnification of justices and clerks.

9.

Any person appointed under section 27(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42).

F167Industry

F1679A.

F167An arbitration tribunal established under Schedule 3 to the M35Industry Act 1975.

Industry and employment

10.

The industrial tribunals for England and Wales established under F168section 12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964 (c. 16)F168section 128 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44).

F16910A.

F169The Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal referred to in section 396 of the Insolvency Act 1986

. . . F170

11

. . . F170

Land

12.

The Lands Tribunal constituted under section 1(1)(b) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42).

F171Local Taxation.

F17112A.

F171F172Valuation tribunals established by regulations under Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988.

London Building Acts

13.

The tribunal of appeal constituted in accordance with section 109 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii).

Mental Health

14.

The Mental Health Review Tribunals constituted under section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72).

F173Milk and Dairies

F17315.

F173Tribunals constituted under regulations made under, or having effect as if made under, Part II of the F174Food Act 1984.

Mines and Quarries

16.

Tribunals for the purposes of section 150 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70).

National Health Service

17.

F175(a) Family Practitioner Committees established in pursuance of F176section 10 of the M36National Health Service Act 1977 . . . F177;

(b) the tribunal constituted under F176section 46 of the M37National Health Service Act 1977;

(c) service committees of F178a Family Practitioner Committee, being committees constituted in accordance with regulations made under the F176M38National Health Service Act 1977.

. . . F179

C6918.

. . . F179

National Service

19.

(a) The Military Service (Hardship) Committees constituted under Schedule 3 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

b) the local tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(c) the appellate tribunal constituted under Schedule 4 to the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(d) the referees selected under the proviso to section 23(3) of the National Service Act 1948 (c. 64);

(e) the Reinstatement Committees appointed under F180paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985;

(f) the umpire and any deputy umpire appointed under F181paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985.

. . . F182

20.

. . . F182

Nurses’ training institutions

21.

Persons nominated under section 21(2) of the Nurses Act 1957 (c. 15).

F183Nursing Homes and Mental Nursing Homes Registration.

F18321A

F183Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.

Patents, designs and trade marks.

C7022.

The comptroller-general of patents, designs, and trade marks, and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the comptroller under section 62(3) of the Patents and Designs Act 1907 (c. 29).

Pensions

23.

(a) Pensions Appeal Tribunals for England and Wales established under section 8 of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53);

(b) Pensions Appeal Tribunals constituted under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39), being tribunals appointed for England and Wales;

(c) tribunals appointed under regulations under section 1 of the F184M39Police Pensions Act 1976 to hear F185such appeals as by virtue of the regulations lie to tribunals so appointed;

(d) appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with a scheme in force under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41).

F186(e) the Pensions Ombudsman established under Part IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60) in respect of his functions under or by virtue of section 59C(2) of that Act.

. . . F187

24.

. . . F187

Plant varieties

25.

(a) The Controller of Plant Variety Rights and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the Controller under section 11(5) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14);

(b) the F188Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal established by section 10 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14).

. . . F189

26.

. . . F189

Rates

27.

Local valuation courts constituted in accordance with section 88 of the General Rate Act 1967 (c. 9).

Rents

28.

F190(a) Rent Tribunals constituted in accordance with F191section 76 of the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42);

(b) Rent assessment committees constituted in accordance with F191Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42).

F192Residential Care Homes Registration.

F19228A.

F192Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983.

Revenue

29.

(a) The Commissioners for the general purposes of the income tax acting under section 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9) for any division in England and Wales;

(b) the Commissioners for the special purposes of the Income Tax Acts appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9);

(c) . . . F193

(d)the tribunal constituted for the purposes of Chapter I of Part XVII of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c.10).

F194Road Traffic

F19430.

F194(a) The traffic commissioners for any area appointed under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16) and the traffic commissioner for the metropolitan traffic area;

F194(b) the licensing authority for the purposes of Part V of the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73).

F194Road Traffic.

F19430.

F195(a)F194The traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act M401981 (c. 14).F195and (b) a parking adjudicator appointed under section 73(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1991.

F196Social Security

F19630A

F196(a) Social security appeal tribunals constituted under section 41 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;(b) disability appeal tribunals constituted under section 43 of that Act;(c) medical appeal tribunals constituted under section 50 of that Act;(d) a Commissioner appointed under section 52 of that Act and any tribunal presided over by a Commissioner so appointed;(e) a tribunal constituted under regulations made under section 58 of that Act.

F197F198Supplementary benefits &c.

F197F19830B.

F197F198The appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with Schedule 4 to the M41Supplementary Benefits Act 1976.

F199Transport charges and licences.

F19931.

F199The Transport Tribunal constituted as provided in Schedule 10 to the Transport Act 1962 (c. 46).

F199Transport.

F19931.

F199The Transport Tribunal constituted as provided in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1985.

Wireless telegraphy

32.

The tribunal established under section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54).

C71C72C73C74C75Part II Tribunals under supervision of Scottish Committee

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F205

Words commencing “section 128” substituted (E.W.S.) for words commencing “section 12” by Industrial Training Act 1982 (c. 10, SIF 43:1), s. 20, Sch. 3 para. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C71

Pt. II amended by S.I.1972/1210, art. 2 which provides that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein in Pt. II, value added tax tribunals for Scotland

C72

Pt. II amended by S.I. 1975/1404, art. 3 which provides that Pt. II of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein valuation appeal committees, constituted in accordance with section 4 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975

C73

By S.I. 1974/1964, art. 3 it is provided that Pt. II of Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified therein the Tribunal in Scotland constituted under Part I of Sch. 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

C74

By S.I. 1984/1094, art. 2 it is provided that Sch. 1 to this Act shall have effect as if there were specified in Pt. II thereof the Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal for Scotland which is constituted under Regulation 6(1)(b) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1984

C75

Sch. 1, Pt II: By S.I. 1991/2699, art.3 it is provided that Pt. II of Sch. 1 to the Act shall have effect (1.1.1992) as if there were specified therein-

(a) the committees appointed for the purposes of ss. 16, 17B and 25 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), being committees the members of which are appointed by the Minister having functions under those section as respects Scotland; and

(b) the National Appeal Panel convened in accordance with Part IV of Schedule 3A to the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services (Scotland) Regulations 1974 (S.I. 1974/506, amended by S.I. 1987/385).

C76

The reference to rent tribunals is to have effect (S.) as mentioned in Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 58, SIF 75:4), s. 115(2)

Marginal Citations

Matters with which tribunal concerned

Tribunal and statutory authority

Agriculture

33.

Arbiters appointed (otherwise than by agreement) under section 77 of, or Schedule 6 to, the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1949 (c. 75)

Betting levy

34.

An appeal tribunal for Scotland established under section 29 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2).

Crofters

35.

The Crofters Commission constituted under section 1 of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (c. 21)

Education

36.

F200(a)Independent Schools Tribunals constituted under section 113 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Education (Scotland) Act 1962 (c. 47).

F201(b) appeal committees set up under section 28D of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44).

F202(c) appeal committees constituted by virtue of section 7 of, and paragraph 2(b) of Part II of Schedule 1 to, the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989.

F203Food

F20336A.

F203Tribunals constituted in accordance with regulations under Part II of the Food Safety Act 1990 being tribunals appointed for Scotland.

Forestry

37.

Committees appointed for the purposes of section 20 or 21 of the Forestry Act 1967 (c. 10), being committees the members of which are appointed by the Minister having functions under those sections as respects Scotland.

. . . F204

37A.

. . . F204

Industry and employment

38.

The industrial tribunals for Scotland established under F205section 12 of the Industrial Training Act 1964 (c. 16)F205section 128 of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44).

Land

39.

The Lands Tribunal for Scotland constituted under section 1(1)(a) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42).

F206Milk and dairies

F20640.

F206Tribunals constituted under orders made under, or having effect as if made under, section 11 of the Milk (Special Designations) Act 1949 (c. 34).

National Health Service

41.

F207(a) Health Boards and joint committees of those Boards constituted under section F2082 of the M42National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

(b) the tribunal constituted under F209section 29 of the M43National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

(c) service committees of F210a Health Board or a joint committee of Health Boards, being committees constituted in accordance with regulations made under the National Health Service (Scotland) F211M44Act 1978.

Nurses’ training institutions

42.

Persons nominated under section 24(2) of the Nurses (Scotland) Act 1951 (c. 55).

Pensions

43.

(a) Pensions Appeal Tribunals for Scotland established under section 8 of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53);

(b) Pensions Appeal Tribunals constituted under the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39), being tribunals appointed for Scotland.

F212(c) Tribunals appointed under regulations under section 1 of the F213M45Police Pensions Act 1976 to hear appeals relating to constables of a police force within the meaning of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) and to the categories of officer mentioned in regulation 74(10) of the Police Pensions Regulations 1971, or in the corresponding regulation of any regulations amending or having effect in place of those regulations.

. . . F214

44.

. . . F214

Rents

45.

C76(a) Rent tribunals constituted in accordance with section 84 of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 28);

(b) Rent assessment committees constituted in accordance with Schedule 5 to the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 28).

Revenue

46.

The Commissioners for the general purposes of the income tax acting under section 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9) for any division in Scotland.

Social work

47.

(a) Any children’s hearing constituted and arranged in pursuance of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49);

(b) any appeal tribunal established under Schedule 5 to the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49).

F215Taxi fares—

F21548.

F215The traffic F216commissionerfor the Scottish Traffic Area as constituted for the purpose of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 in respect of F216hisfunctions under section 18 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.

SCHEDULE 2 Transitory Provisions

Section 17.

Application of section 7 of this Act in relation to persons appointed before 1st January 1959

1

1

Any person appointed by the appropriate authority before 1st January 1959 to be chairman of any tribunal to which section 7(1) of this Act applies shall from that day and during the continuance of his appointment be deemed to be, and to have been, a member of a panel constituted by the Lord Chancellor for the purposes of that tribunal and to have been selected by the appropriate authority to be chairman of the tribunal.

2

Any person appointed by the appropriate authority before 1st January 1959 to be a member of a panel from which apart from this Act the chairman of the tribunal would fall to be selected shall from that day and during the continuance of his appointment be deemed to be, and to have been, a member of a panel constituted by the Lord Chancellor for the purposes of that tribunal.

3

Any power to terminate any such appointment as is mentioned in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall be exercisable by, and only by, the Lord Chancellor.

4

Subsections (5), (7) and (8) of section 7 of this Act shall have effect in relation to this paragraph as they have effect in relation to that section.

Rules made under section 7A of Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958 before 13th December 1966

2

Any rules in force in Scotland by virtue of section 7A of the M46Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958 immediately before 13th December 1966 shall, if in force at the commencement of this Act, continue in force as if made under section 11 of this Act.

C77SCHEDULE 3 Consequential Amendments

Section 18(1).

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C77

The text of Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and except as specified does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

The Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (12 7 13 Geo. 6. c. 42)

For section 3(12)(a) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (substituted by section 50 of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970) there shall be substituted—

a

Subsection (4) of this section shall not apply;

. . . F217

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Sch. 3: entries relating to the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959 and the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1969 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), s. 277(2), Sch. 23

The Land Compensation Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 33)

In section 21(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1961 for the words “the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971 (or any enactment replaced thereby)”.

. . . F218

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Sch. 3: entries relating to the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1968 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), s. 292(2), Sch. 25

The Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (1964 c. 14)

In section 10(2) of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 for the words “section 9 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “section 13 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971”.

. . . F219C78

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Sch. 3: entry relating to the National Insurance Act 1965 repealed by Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), s. 100(2)(b), Sch. 28 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C78

Sch. 3: entry relating to the National Insurance Act 1965: power to continue conferred on the Secretary of State (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 3 para. 15.

The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 (1965 c. 52)

In section 55 of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965 for the words “the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971”

. . . F220

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Sch. 3: entry relating to the Rent Act 1968 repealed by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), s. 155(5), Sch. 25

. . . F221

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Sch. 3: entries relating to the Town and Country Planning Act 1962 and the Town and Country Planning Act 1968 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), s. 292(2), Sch. 25

. . . F222

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F222

Sch. 3: entries relating to the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959 and the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1969 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), s. 277(2), Sch. 23

F223The Transport (London) Act 1969

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Sch. 3: the entry relating to the Transport (London) Act 1969 repealed (E.W.S.) by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), ss. 143, 146, Sch. 14

F223In paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 5 to the Transport (London) Act 1969 for the words “Subsection (1) of section 9 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “Subsection (1) of the section 13 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971”.

The Roads (Scotland) Act 1970 (c.20)

In section 43 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970 for the words “the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971”.

C79SCHEDULE 4 Repeals and Revocations

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C79

The text of Sch. 4 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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