Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries

Chapter 2First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

Members and composition of tribunals

6Certain judges who are also judges of First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

(1)

A person is within this subsection (and so, by virtue of sections 4(1)(c) and 5(1)(g), is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal and of the Upper Tribunal) if the person—

(a)

is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales (including the vice-president, if any, of either division of that Court),

(b)

is a Lord Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland,

(c)

is a judge of the Court of Session,

(d)

is a puisne judge of the High Court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland,

(e)

is a circuit judge,

(f)

is a sheriff in Scotland,

(g)

is a county court judge in Northern Ireland,

(h)

is a district judge in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, or

(i)

is a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts).

(2)

References in subsection (1)(c) to (i) to office-holders do not include deputies or temporary office-holders.