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 Asylum-seekers support]	[F1 2A. Asylum Support Adjudicators established under section 102 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.]
[F2 Antarctica	F2 2A.The Tribunal established under Regulation 11 of the Antarctic Regulations 1995 F3 .]
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. [F4 (a) Appeal tribunals constituted under Chapter I of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)];
	(b) a Child Support Commissioner appointed under section 22 of [F5 the Child Support Act 1991 (c.48)] 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).
[F6 Competition	F6 9A. An appeal tribunal established under section 48 of the Competition Act 1998.]
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	[F7 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).
[F8 Data protection]	[F8 1 4. (a) The Data Protection Commissioner appointed under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 1998; (b) the Data Protection Tribunal constituted under that section, in respect of its jurisdiction under section 48 of that A ct.]
Education	15. (a) Independent Schools Tribunals constituted under [F9 section 476 of, and Schedule 34 to, the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)];
	[F10 (b) exclusion appeal panels constituted in accordance with Schedule 18 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)]
	[F11 (c) admission appeal panels constituted in accordance with Schedule 24 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 25 to that Act];
	(d) a tribunal constituted in accordance with [F12 Schedule 2 to the School Inspections Act 1996]. [F13 (c. 57)]
	[F14 (e) the Special Educational Needs Tribunal constituted under section 333 of that Act]
	[F15 (f) an adjudicator appointed under section 25 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.]
Employment	16. The [F16 employment tribunals] for England and Wales established under [F17 section 1(1) of [F16 the Employment 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.
F18 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 [F19 57 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999] (c. 77);
	(b) the Immigration Appeal Tribunal established under [F20 section 56 of that Act].
Indemnification of justices and clerks	23. Any person appointed under [F21 section 54(6) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)].
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).
[F22 National Health Service	F22 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.]
[F23 National Lottery	F23 33AA. The National Lottery Commission in respect of their functions under sections 10 and 10A of, and Schedule 3 to, the National Lottery etc. Act 1993 (c. 39), and any member, employee or committee of that Commission authorised under paragraph 8 of Schedule 2A to that Act to exercise any of those functions.]
F24 . . .	F24 33A.. . ..
F25 National Savings Bank and National Savings Stock Register	33B. An adjudicator appointed under section 84 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992
[F26 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);
	F27 (d). . .
	(e) the Pensions Ombudsman established under [F28 Part X of the Pension Schemes Act 1993] in respect of his functions under or by virtue of [F29 section 146(1)(c) and (d)] 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.
	[F30 (g) the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority established by section 1 of the Pensions Act 1995;]
	[F30 (h) the Pensions Compensation Board established by section 78 of that Act.]
Plant varieties	36. (a) The Controller of Plant Variety Rights and any officer authorised to exercise the functions of the Controller under [F31 paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Plant Varieties Act 1997];
	(b) the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal [F32 (referred to in section 42 of that Act)].
[F33 Police	36A. [F34 (a)] An appeals tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 6 to the Police Act 1996 (c.16).]
	[F35 (b) An appeals tribunal constituted in accordance with an order under section 38(2) of the Police Act 1997 (c.50) and an appeals tribunal constituted in accordance with Schedule 6 to the Police Act 1996 as applied by section 82(2) of the Police Act 1997.]
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. [F36 (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).
F37 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. [F38 (a) Appeal tribunals constituted under Chapter I of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)]
	[F39 (b) disability appeal tribunals constituted under section 43 of that Act;]
	[F39 (c) medical appeal tribunals constituted under section 50 of that Act;]
	(d) a Commissioner appointed under [F40 Schedule 4 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)] and any tribunal presided over by a Commissioner so appointed;
	[F39 (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).
[F41 VAT and duties	F41 44. VAT and duties tribunals for England and Wales and for Northern Ireland, constituted in accordance with Schedule [F42 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 (14.2.2000) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 para. 95; S.I. 2000/168, art. 2, Sch.

F2 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 2A inserted (1.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/2877, art. 2

F3 S.I. 1995/490.

F4 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(a) substituted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes otherwise 1.6.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 121(1)(a); S.I. 1999/528, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(vii)

F5 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 7(b) substituted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes otherwise 1.6.1999) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 121(1)(b); S.I. 1999/528, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(g)(vii)

F6 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 9A inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 41, s. 74(1), Sch. 12 para. 15 (with s. 73); S.I. 1999/505, art. 2, Sch. 2

F7 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 12 substituted (E.W.S.) (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 53, s. 5(8)

F8 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 14 substituted (1.3.2000) by 1998 c. 29, s. 74(1), Sch. 15 para. 16; S.I. 2000/183, art. 2(1)

F9 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)

F10 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(b) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 47(a) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/2323, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F11 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(c) substituted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 47(a) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F12 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

F13 Word in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(d) substituted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 31, s. 140(1), Sch. 30 para. 47(b) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1999/1016, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F14 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)

F15 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 15(f) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 31, s. 25, Sch. 5 para. 10(2) (with ss. 138(9), 144(6)); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

F16 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 16 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(b) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F17 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)

F18 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 21A inserted (E.W.S.) (1.2.1994) by S.I. 1993/3258, art. 3(a)

F19 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 22(a): words “57 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999”substituted for “12 of the Immigration Act 1971”(14.2.2000) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 para. 96(a); S.I. 2000/168, art. 2, Sch.

F20 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 22(b) substituted (14.2.2000) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 para. 96(b); S.I. 2000/168, art. 2, Sch.

F21 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 23 substituted (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(2), 74(1), Sch. 5 para. 32 (with Sch. 4 para.27)

F22 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)

F23 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 33AA inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, s. 1(5), Sch. 1 para. 12(3); S.I. 1999/650, art. 2(b)

F24 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 33A repealed (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, ss. 1(5), 26, Sch. 1 para. 12(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I; S.I. 1999/650, art. 2(b)(c)

F25 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 33B inserted (E.W.S.) (1.2.1994) by S.I. 1993/3258, art. 3(b)

F26 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

F27 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 35(d) repealed (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, ss. 151, 177, Sch. 5 para. 16(6), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II

F28 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I 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

F29 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 35(e) substituted (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, s. 157(12); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II

F30 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 35(g)(h) inserted (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, s. 122, Sch. 3 para. 21(d) (with s. 121(5)); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II

F31 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 36(a) substituted (8.5.1998) by 1997 c. 66, s. 51(5)(a); S.I. 1998/1028, art. 2

F32 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 36(b) substituted (8.5.1998) by 1997 c. 66, s. 51(5)(b); S.I. 1998/1028, art. 2

F33 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 36A inserted (E.W.) (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103, Sch. 7 para. 46; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)

F34 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 36A re-lettered 36A(a) (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 70; S.I. 1998/354, art. 2(2)(ay)

F35 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 36A(b) inserted (1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 70; S.I. 1998/354, art. 2(2)(ay)

F36 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)

F37 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)).

F38 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 41(a) substituted (4.3.1999, 6.9.1999, 5.10.1999, 18.10.1999, 29.11.1999 for specified purposes otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 121(2)(a); S.I. 1999/528, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 1999/2422, art. 2(c), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/2739, art. 2, Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1

F39 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 41(b)(c)(e) ceased to have effect (4.3.1999, 18.10.1999, 29.11.1999 for specified purposes otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 121(2)(b); S.I. 1999/528, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 and is expressed to be repealed (29.11.1999 for specified purposes otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, ss. 86(2), 87, Sch. 8; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1

F40 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 41(d) substituted (4.3.1999, 6.9.1999, 5.10.1999, 29.11.1999 for specified purposes otherwiseprosp.) by 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 121(2)(c); S.I. 1999/528, art. 2, Sch.; S.I. 1999/2422, art. 2(c), Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/2739, art. 2, Sch. 1; S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1

F41 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

F42 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. 34 amended (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 26, s. 106(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(2); S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2

C2 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 40(b) modified (S.) (4.10.1999) by S.S.I. 1999/59, art. 6

Marginal Citations

M1 1977 c.49.