SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Tribunals: transitional provision

Part 2Judges and other members of First-Tier and Upper Tribunals: retirement dates

Eligibility for appointment after having attained age of 70

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(1)

Sub-paragraph (3) applies in respect of a person on each day that—

(a)

is, or is later than, the day on which the person attains the age of 70,

(b)

is a day on which the person holds a qualifying office, and

(c)

is earlier than the day on which the person is required to vacate the qualifying office.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (3) also applies in respect of a person on each day that—

(a)

is, or is later than, the day on which the person attains the age of 70, and

(b)

is a day on which the person holds, on an unlimited basis, a qualifying office.

(3)

Where this sub-paragraph applies in respect of a person on a day, the fact that the person has attained the age of 70 shall not (by itself) render him ineligible for appointment (or re-appointment) on that day to a relevant judicial office.

(4)

For the purposes of this paragraph, a person holds an office on an unlimited basis at a particular time if at that time he is not required to vacate the office at any particular later time.