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Lord Chief Justice
Lord Justice of Appeal
Judge of the High Court
Temporary judge of the High Court under section 7(3) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)
County court judge
Deputy county court judge
Resident magistrate
Deputy resident magistrate
Coroner
Deputy coroner
Statutory officer (within the meaning of section 70(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978)
Deputy for a statutory officer under section 74 of that Act
Temporary additional statutory officer under that section
Chief Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Deputy Social Security Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Chief Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland
Deputy Child Support Commissioner for Northern Ireland
President of appeal tribunals (within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)))
Member of the panel of persons to act as members of such appeal tribunals
Member of the legal panel of persons available to act as chairmen of Social Care Tribunals in Northern Ireland
[F1 Chairman of an Appeal Tribunal for the purposes of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22))]
President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal
Acting President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal under Article 82(6) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3162 (N.I. 12))
Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal
Acting Vice-President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal under Article 82(6) of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998
[F2 Member of the panel of chairmen of the Industrial Tribunals]
Member of the panel of chairmen of the Fair Employment Tribunal
President of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland
Deputy President of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland under section 3(1) of the Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 29 (N.I.))
Other member of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland
Temporary member of the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland under section 3(2) of the Lands Tribunal and Compensation Act (Northern Ireland) 1964
President of the Special Educational Needs Tribunal [F3and Disability] for Northern Ireland
Member of the panel of persons who may serve as chairman of that Tribunal
Member of the tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)
Member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Northern Ireland
Lay magistrate
Justice of the Peace
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[F5 Member of the panel of persons who may serve as chairmen of a tribunal established for the purposes of the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 (S.R. 1997/269).
Chairman of a Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in its application to Northern Ireland
Member of a Tribunal appointed under paragraph 2(1) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 in its application to Northern Ireland
President or Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals appointed under paragraph 2B of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 in its application to Northern Ireland
Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal for the purpose of proceedings brought before it in Northern Ireland
[F6Deputy appointed under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3 to the Plant Varieties Act 1997 for the purpose of proceedings brought before the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal in Northern Ireland]
Member of the panel of persons to act as chairmen of Reinstatement Committees sitting in Northern Ireland (appointed under paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985)
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[F9President of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal
Member of the Northern Ireland Valuation Tribunal]
[F10President or other member of the Charity Tribunal for Northern Ireland
Adjudicator appointed under Article 7(1)(b) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
Chairman appointed under Article 7(2)(b) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002
Adjudicator appointed under Article 29 of the Traffic Management (Northern Ireland) Order 2005]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6: entry inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, {Sch. 5, para. 126(2)}; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12
F2Sch. 6: entry inserted (31.8.2005) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 5 para. 126(4); S.I. 2005/2284, art. 2
F3Sch. 6: words in entry inserted (1.9.2005) by The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1117 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1, 50(1), Sch. 5 para. 10; S.R. 2005/336, art. 2, Sch.
F4Words in Sch. 6 repealed (1.4.2005) by 2002 c. 26, ss. 86, 87, Sch. 13; S.R. 2005/109, art. 2, Sch.
F5Sch. 6: entries inserted (3.4.2006 except in regard to the office of General Commissioner for a division in Northern Ireland) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 5 para. 126(5); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12
F6Words in Sch. 6 inserted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 35(2) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F7Sch. 6: entry repealed (3.11.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 146, 148, Sch. 23 Pt. 1; S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5 (with arts. 3, 4)
F8Sch. 6: entries omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 332
F9Sch. 6: entries inserted (1.4.2007) by The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Addition of Listed Judicial Offices etc.) Order 2006 (S.R. 2006/469), art. 3
F10Words in Sch. 6 inserted (26.9.2009 for specified purposes, 12.4.2010 in so far as not already in force) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), s. 5(7), Sch. 4 para. 35(3) (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2009/2466, art. 2(b); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
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