39The general dutyU.K.
(1)The Lord Chancellor is under a duty to ensure that there is an efficient and effective system to support the carrying on of the business of—
(a)the First-tier Tribunal,
(b)the Upper Tribunal,
(c)employment tribunals,
(d)the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and
(e)the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal,
and that appropriate services are provided for those tribunals (referred to in this section and in sections 40 and 41 as “the tribunals”).
(2)Any reference in this section, or in section 40 or 41, to the Lord Chancellor's general duty in relation to the tribunals is to his duty under subsection (1).
(3)The Lord Chancellor must annually prepare and lay before each House of Parliament a report as to the way in which he has discharged his general duty in relation to the tribunals.