Deputy Child Support CommissionersU.K.
4(1)The [F1First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly,] may appoint persons to act as Child Support Commissioners [F2for Northern Ireland] (but to be known as deputy Child Support Commissioners [F2for Northern Ireland]) in order to facilitate the disposal of the business of Child Support Commissioners [F2for Northern Ireland].U.K.
(2)A deputy Child Support Commissioner [F3for Northern Ireland] shall be appointed—
[F4(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)[F5subject to sub-paragraph (2A)] for such period or on such occasions as the [F6First Minister and deputy First Minister think] fit.
[F7(2A)No appointment of a person to be a deputy Child Support Commissioner [F8for 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).]
[F9(3)Paragraph 2 applies to deputy Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland, but paragraph 3 does not apply to them.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(1) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(a)(i)
F2Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(1) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(a)(ii)
F3Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(b)
F4Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(a) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(c)
F5Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(b) inserted (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2
F6Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2)(b) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(d)
F7Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) inserted (31.3.1995) by Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8), s. 31(2), Sch. 6 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2
F8Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(2A) inserted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(e)
F9Sch. 4 para. 4(3) substituted (3.11.2008) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 97(7)(f)