Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries
Chapter 1Tribunal judiciary: independence and Senior President
1Independence of tribunal judiciary
In section 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) (guarantee of continued judicial independence), after subsection (7) insert—
7A
In this section “the judiciary” also includes every person who—
a
holds an office listed in Schedule 14 or holds an office listed in subsection (7B), and
b
but for this subsection would not be a member of the judiciary for the purposes of this section.
7B
The offices are those of—
a
Senior President of Tribunals;
b
President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);
c
Vice President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);
d
member of a panel of chairmen of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);
e
member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of chairmen;
f
adjudicator appointed under section 5 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995.