[F1PresidencyU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 substituted (4.4.2005) by Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19), ss. 26(4), 48(1)-(3), Sch. 1; S.I. 2005/565, art. 2 (with savings in arts. 3-9)
5(1)The Lord Chancellor shall appoint—U.K.
(a)a member of the Tribunal, who holds or has held high judicial office within the meaning of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 (c. 59), as President of the Tribunal, and
(b)one or more members of the Tribunal as Deputy President.
(2)A Deputy President—
(a)may act for the President if the President is unable to act or unavailable, and
(b)shall perform such functions as the President may delegate or assign to him.
[F2(3)The Lord Chancellor may appoint a person under sub-paragraph (1)(a) only with the concurrence of all of the following—
(a)the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;
(b)the Lord President of the Court of Session;
(c)the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.]]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 4 para. 5(3) inserted (3.4.2006) by The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1016), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 10