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.