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- s. 8(1A) inserted by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 8 para. 26 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. as the inserting provision was repealed (3.11.2008) without ever being in force by 2007 c. 15. Sch. 23 Pt.1, S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(i)(vii))
- s. 9(5) added by 2006 asp 17 s. 52(2)
- s. 9(5)(a) words in s. 9(5) renumbered as s. 9(5)(a) by 2011 asp 3 s. 29(2)(a)
- s. 9(5)(b) and word inserted by 2011 asp 3 s. 29(2)(b)
- sch. 1 para. 40(b) excluded by S.S.I. 2024/270 art. 6
- Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table para. 9B inserted by 2006 c. 14 s. 58(5) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 58(5) repealed (1.9.2009) without ever being in force by S.I. 2009/1835, arts. 1, 4(3), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 4))
- Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table para. 8 repealed by 2000 c. 14 Sch. 6
- Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table para. 19 repealed by 2007 c. 15 Sch. 23 Pt. 1
- Sch. 1 Pt. 2 Table para. 54B inserted by 2007 asp 3 Sch. 5 para. 21 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 5 para. 21 repealed (31.1.2011) by 2010 asp 8, sch. 4 Pt. 2; S.S.I. 2011/30, art. 3(1), Sch. 1)
7 Concurrence required for removal of members of certain tribunals.U.K.
(1)Subject to subsection (2), the power of a Minister F1. . . to terminate a person’s membership of any tribunal specified in Schedule 1, or of a panel constituted for the purposes of any such tribunal, shall be exercisable only with the consent of—
(a)the Lord Chancellor [F2(unless he is the Minister terminating the person's membership), the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales,] the Lord President of the Court of Session and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits in all parts of the United Kingdom;
(b)the Lord Chancellor [F2(unless he is the Minister terminating the person's membership), the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales,] and the Lord President of the Court of Session, if the tribunal sits in all parts of Great Britain;
(c)the Lord Chancellor [F2(unless he is the Minister terminating the person's membership), the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales,] and the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits both in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland;
(d)the Lord Chancellor [F3(unless he is the Minister terminating the person's membership) and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales], if the tribunal does not sit outside England and Wales;
(e)the Lord President of the Court of Session, if the tribunal sits only in Scotland;
(f)the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, if the tribunal sits only in Northern Ireland.
(2)This section does not apply to any tribunal specified in paragraph 3 F4. . ., [F59ZA,] 12, 14 [F615(f)], 17, 18 F4. . ., 26, 33(a), [F733AA]. . . 34, 35 F8. . . (e) [F9[F10(i), (j), (k) or (l)]], 36(a) [F1136AF12. . . ], 39(b), 40, [F13 48 or 56(a)][F14 or 57A] of Schedule 1.
(3)F15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F1Words in s. 7(1) repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 146, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 225(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11(u), 30(b)
F2Words in s. 7(1)(a)-(c) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 225(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(u)
F3Words in s. 7(1)(d) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 225(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(u)
F4Words in s. 7(2) repealed (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3649, arts. 1, 334
F5Word in s. 7(2) inserted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), ss. 39(6), 72(7)
F6Word in s. 7(2) inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 31, s. 25(4), Sch. 5 para. 10(1); S.I. 1998/2212, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 1
F7Word in s. 7(2) inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 22, s. 1(5), Sch. 1 Pt. III para. 12(2)(a); S.I. 1999/650, art. 2(a)(b)
F8Words in s. 7(2) repealed (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, ss. 151, 177, Sch. 5 para. 16(2), Sch. 7 Pt. III; S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II
F9Words in s. 7(2) inserted (6.4.1997) by 1995 c. 26, s. 122, Sch. 3 para. 21(a); S.I. 1997/664, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II
F10Words in s. 7(2) substituted (10.2.2005) by Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), ss. 319(1), 322(1), Sch. 12 para. 8(2); S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. 4
F11Word in s. 7(2) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.1999) by 1996 c. 16, s. 103(1), Sch. 7 para. 45; S.I. 1999/533, art. 2(a)
F12Words in s. 7(2) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 61, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 13(v) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
F13Words in s. 7(2) substituted (in force for specified purposes 18.10.1999 otherwiseprosp.) by virtue of 1998 c. 14, s. 86(1), Sch. 7 para. 119; S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1
F14Words in s. 7(2) substituted (1.8.1996) by 1994 c. 29, s. 44, Sch. 5, para. 39(b); S.I. 1996/1646, art. 2, Sch.
F15S. 7(3) repealed (4.4.2005) by Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), ss. 26(7), 47, 48(3), Sch. 2 para. 7(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 2005/565, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3-9)
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