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.