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SCHEDULES

Section 22(5).

SCHEDULE 4U.K. Child Support Commissioners [F1for Northern Ireland]

Tenure of officeU.K.

1(1)Every Child Support Commissioner [F2for Northern Ireland] shall vacate his office [F3on the date on which he reaches the age of 70; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75)].U.K.

F4(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(3A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(3B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Commissioners’ remuneration and their pensionsU.K.

2(1)The [F6Department of Justice shall] pay, or make such payments towards the provision of such remuneration, F7... allowances or gratuities to or in respect of persons appointed as Child Support Commissioners [F8for Northern Ireland] as, with the consent of the Treasury, [F9the Lord Chancellor] may determine.U.K.

(2)The [F10Department of Justice] shall pay to a Child Support Commissioner [F11for Northern Ireland] such expenses incurred in connection with his work as such a Commissioner as may be determined by the Treasury.

[F12(3)Sub-paragraph (1), so far as relating to pensions, allowances or gratuities, shall not have effect in relation to any person to whom Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 applies, except to the extent provided by or under that Act.]

[F13Expenses of other persons]U.K.

Textual Amendments

F13Sch. 4 para. 2A and cross-heading inserted (18.12.1995) by Child Support Act 1995 (c. 34), s. 30(4), Sch. 3 para. 18(1); S.I. 1995/3262, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1

F142AU.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Commissioners barred from legal practiceU.K.

[F153U.K.A Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland, so long as he holds office as such, shall not practise as a barrister or act for any remuneration to himself as arbitrator or referee or be directly or indirectly concerned in any matter as a conveyancer, notary public or solicitor.]

Deputy Child Support CommissionersU.K.

4[F16(1)The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission may appoint persons to act as Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland (but to be known as deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland) in order to facilitate the disposal of the business of Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland.]U.K.

[F16(2)A deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland shall be appointed—

(a)from among persons who are barristers or solicitors of not less than the number of years' standing specified in section 23(2), and

(b)subject to sub-paragraph (2A), for such period or on such occasions as the Commission determines with the agreement of the [F17Department of Justice].]

[F18(2A)No appointment of a person to be a deputy Child Support Commissioner [F19for Northern Ireland] shall be such as to extend beyond the date on which he reaches the age of 70; but this sub-paragraph is subject to section 26(4) to (6) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (power to authorise continuance in office up to the age of 75).]

[F20(3)Paragraph 2 applies to deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland, but paragraph 3 does not apply to them.]

[F21Determination of questions by other officers]U.K.

Textual Amendments

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Tribunals of CommissionersU.K.

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Finality of decisionsU.K.

F226U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consultation with Lord AdvocateU.K.

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Northern IrelandU.K.

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