Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries
Chapter 2First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal
Establishment
3The First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal
1
There is to be a tribunal, known as the First-tier Tribunal, for the purpose of exercising the functions conferred on it under or by virtue of this Act or any other Act.
2
There is to be a tribunal, known as the Upper Tribunal, for the purpose of exercising the functions conferred on it under or by virtue of this Act or any other Act.
3
Each of the First-tier Tribunal, and the Upper Tribunal, is to consist of its judges and other members.
4
The Senior President of Tribunals is to preside over both of the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.
5
The Upper Tribunal is to be a superior court of record.