39 Constitution of social security appeal tribunals.N.I.
(1)A social security appeal tribunal shall consist of a chairman and two other persons.
(2)The members other than the chairman shall be drawn from the appropriate panel constituted under section 38 above.
(3)The President shall nominate the chairman.
(4)The President may nominate as chairman—
(a)himself;
(b)one of the full-time chairmen appointed under section 49(1)(b) below; or
(c)a person drawn from the panel appointed by the Lord Chancellor under section 49(1)(c) below.
(5)If practicable, at least one of the members of the appeal tribunal hearing a case shall be of the same sex as the claimant.
(6)Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for supplementing this section.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 39 modified (1.7.1998) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1(3)(c)(d), 77, Sch. 5 para. 1