Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992

Part I U.K. TRIBUNALS UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION OF COUNCIL

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 Schedule 11 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5).
Aircraft and shipbuilding industries	2. The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal established under section 42 of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3).
[F1 Antarctica	F1 2A.The Tribunal established under Regulation 11 of the Antarctic Regulations 1995 F2 .]
Aviation	3. The Civil Aviation Authority established under section 2 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16).
Banking	4. An appeal tribunal constituted under section 28 of the Banking Act 1987 (c. 22).
Betting levy	5. An appeal tribunal for England and Wales established under section 29 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2).
Building societies	6. The tribunal constituted in accordance with section 47 of the Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53).
Child support maintenance	7. (a) The child support appeal tribunals established under section 21 of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48);
	(b) a Child Support Commissioner appointed under section 22 of that Act and any tribunal presided over by such a Commissioner.
Children’s homes, voluntary homes, nursing homes, mental nursing homes and residential care homes.	8. Registered Homes Tribunals constituted under Part III of the Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23).
Commons	9. The Commons Commissioners and assessors appointed under section 17(2) and (3) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64).
Conveyancing	10. A Conveyancing Appeals Tribunal constituted under section 39 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41).
Copyright	11. The Copyright Tribunal constituted under section 145 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48).
Criminal injuries compensation	[F3 12. The adjudicators appointed under section 5 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 (c 53).]
Dairy produce quotas	13. The Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal for England and Wales constituted under regulation 35(1) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2232).
Data protection	14. (a) The Data Protection Registrar appointed under section 3 of the Data Protection Act 1984 (c. 35);
	(b) the Data Protection Tribunal constituted under that section.
Education	15. (a) Independent Schools Tribunals constituted under [F4 section 476 of, and Schedule 34 to, the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)];
	(b) appeal committees constituted in accordance with [F5 Part I of Schedule 33 to that Act];
	(c) appeal committees constituted for the purposes of [F6 paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 23 to that Act];
	(d) a tribunal constituted in accordance with [F7 Schedule 2 to the School Inspections Act 1996] (c. 38).
	[F8 (e) the Special Educational Needs Tribunal constituted under section 333 of that Act]
Employment	16. The industrial tribunals for England and Wales established under [F9 section 1(1) of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17)].
Fair trading	17. The 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).
Financial services	18. The Financial Services Tribunal established by section 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986 (c. 60).
Food	19. Tribunals constituted in accordance with regulations under Part II of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16).
Foreign compensation	20. The Foreign Compensation Commission constituted under section 1 of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950 (c. 12).
Forestry	21. Committees appointed for the purposes of section 16, 17B, 20, 21 or 25 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.
F10 Friendly Societies	21A. An appeal tribunal constituted under section 59 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992.
Immigration appeals	22. (a) The adjudicators established under section 12 of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77);
	(b) the Immigration Appeal Tribunal established under that section.
Indemnification of justices and clerks	23. Any person appointed under section 53(3) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55).
Industrial training levy exemption	24. Referees established by the Industrial Training (Levy Exemption References) Regulations 1974 (S.I. 1974/1335).
Industry	25. An arbitration tribunal established under Schedule 3 to the Industry Act 1975 (c. 68).
Insolvency practitioners	26. The Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal referred to in section 396 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45).
Land	27. The Lands Tribunal constituted under section 1(1)(b) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42).
Local taxation	28. Valuation tribunals established by regulations under Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41).
London Building Acts	29. The tribunals of appeal constituted in accordance with section 109 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii).
Mental health	30. The Mental Health Review Tribunals constituted or having effect as if constituted under section 65 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).
Mines and quarries	31. Tribunals for the purposes of section 150 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70).
Misuse of drugs	32. The Misuse of Drugs Tribunal in England and Wales constituted under Part I of Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38).
[F11 National Health Service	F11 33. (a) Health Authorities established under section 8 of the M1 National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49) in respect of their functions under the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992 or any regulations amending or replacing those Regulations; (b) the tribunal constituted under section 46 of that Act; (c) committees of Health Authorities established under regulation 3 of those Regulations or any provision amending or replacing that regulation.]
[F12 National Lottery	33A. The Director General of the National Lottery in respect of his functions under section 10 of and Schedule 3 to the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (c. 39), and any member of the Director General’s staff authorised under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to that Act to exercise any of those functions.]
F13 National Savings Bank and National Savings Stock Register 33B. An adjudicator appointed under section 84 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992
[F14 Patents, designs and trade marks]	34. 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	35. (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) appeal tribunals constituted in accordance with a scheme in force under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41);
	(d) the Occupational Pensions Board [F15 constituted under section 2 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993];
	(e) the Pensions Ombudsman established under [F16 Part X of the Pension Schemes Act 1993] in respect of his functions under or by virtue of [F16 section 146(2)] of that Act;
	(f) tribunals appointed under regulations under section 1 of the Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35) to hear such appeals as by virtue of the regulations lie to tribunals so appointed.
Plant varieties	36. (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 Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal established by section 10 of that Act.
Rents	37. Rent assessment committees constituted in accordance with Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42).
Reserve forces	38. (a) The Reinstatement Committees appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 (c. 17);
	(b) the umpire and any deputy umpire appointed under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to that Act. [F17 (c) the appeal tribunals constituted under Part IX of the Reserve Forces Act 1996]
Revenue	39. (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 that Act;
	(c) the tribunal constituted for the purposes of Chapter I of Part XVII of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1).
Road traffic	40. (a) The traffic commissioner for any area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14);
	(b) a parking adjudicator appointed under section 73(3)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40).
F18 Sea fish (conservation)	40A.The Sea Fish Licence Tribunal established under section 4AA of the Sea Fish (Conservation Act 1967 (c. 84)
Social security	41. (a) Social security appeal tribunals constituted under section 41 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5);
	(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.
Transport	42. The Transport Tribunal constituted as provided in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67).
Vaccine damage	43. The tribunals constituted under section 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 (c. 17).
[F19 VAT and duties	F19 44. VAT and duties tribunals for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland, constituted in accordance with Schedule [F20 12 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994]] (c. 55).
Wireless telegraphy	45. The tribunal established under section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54).

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 2A inserted (1.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/2877, art. 2

F2 S.I. 1995/490.

F3 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 12 substituted (E.W.S.) (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 5(8)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(a) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 para. 118(3)(a) (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39 paras. 30, 36, 39)

F5 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(b) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 para. 118(3)(b) (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39 paras. 30, 36, 39)

F6 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(c) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 para. 118(3)(c) (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39 paras. 30, 36, 39)

F7 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(d): words “Schedule 2 to the Schools Inspections Act 1996”substituted for “Schedule 3 to the Education (Schools) Act 1992”(1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 57, ss. 47(1), 48(2), Sch. 6 para. 5

F8 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(e) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 para. 118(3)(d) (with ss. 1(4), 561, 562, Sch. 39 paras. 30, 36, 39)

F9 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 16 substituted (E.W.S.) (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 43, 46, Sch. 1 para. 9(3)(a)

F10 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 21A inserted (E.W.S.) (1.2.1994) by S.I. 1993/3258, art. 3(a)

F11 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 33 substituted (28.6.1995 for specified purposes otherwise 1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 17, ss. 2(1)(3), 8(1), Sch. 1 para. 123 (with Sch. 2 paras. 6, 16)

F12 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 33A inserted (25.10.1993) by 1993 c. 39, s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 8(2); S.I. 1993/2632, art. 2

F13 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 33B inserted (E.W.S.) (1.2.1994) by S.I. 1993/3258, art. 3(b)

F14 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I substituted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 9; S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2

F15 Words in Sch. 1 para. 35(d) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 44(b)(i); S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F16 Words in Sch. 1 para. 35(e) substituted (7.2.1994) by 1993 c. 48, s. 190, Sch. 8 para. 44(b)(ii): S.I. 1994/86, art. 2

F17 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 38(c) inserted (1.4.1997) by 1996 c. 14, s. 131(1), Sch. 10 para. 25 (with s. 72(5)); S.I. 1997/305, art. 2(1)

F18 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 40A inserted (17.12.1992) by Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1992 (c. 60), s. 9(3) (with s. 11(4)).

F19 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 44 substituted (1.7.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 7(6) (with s. 19(3)); S.I. 1994/1690, art. 2

F20 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 44: words “12 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994”substituted for “8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1983”by 1994 c. 23, ss. 100(1), 101(1), Sch. 14 para. 12 (with Sch. 13 para. 9)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(c) applied (with modifications) (9.5.1994) by 1994/1084, art. 8(1), Sch. 2 Pt. 1

C2 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 34 amended (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(2); S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1977 c.49.