Administration of Justice Act 1985

59 Pensions Appeal Tribunals: provision for appeals by non-residents to be heard in Scotland or Northern Ireland

(1) The Schedule to the [1943 c. 39.] Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 6 (which provides for appeals by persons not resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland to be heard by one of the Tribunals appointed for England and Wales), after " and " there shall be inserted " , subject to any provision made by virtue of paragraph 6A of this Schedule,".

(3) After paragraph 6 there shall be inserted—

“6A Rules made under this Schedule may make provision for enabling an appeal brought by a person who, at the time when the notice of appeal was given, did not reside in any part of the United Kingdom to be heard by one of the Tribunals appointed for Scotland or, as the case may be, for Northern Ireland where, on an application in that behalf by the appellant made in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules to such authority as may be so prescribed, that authority is satisfied—

(a) that the appellant has a closer connection with Scotland or, as the case may be, with Northern Ireland than with England and Wales ; or

(b) that there is some other good reason for the appeal to be heard in Scotland or, as the case may be, Northern Ireland.”.