Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries
Chapter 2First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal
Members and composition of tribunals
I17Chambers: jurisdiction and Presidents
1
The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, by order make provision for the organisation of each of the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal into a number of chambers.
2
There is—
a
for each chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, and
b
for each chamber of the Upper Tribunal,
to be a person, or two persons, to preside over that chamber.
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A person may at a particular time—
a
preside over more than one chamber of the First-tier Tribunal;
b
preside over more than one chamber of the Upper Tribunal;
c
preside over—
i
one or more chambers of the First-tier Tribunal, and
ii
one or more chambers of the Upper Tribunal.
4
A person appointed under this section to preside over a chamber is to be known as a Chamber President.
5
Where two persons are appointed under this section to preside over the same chamber, any reference in an enactment to the Chamber President of the chamber is a reference to a person appointed under this section to preside over the chamber.
6
The Senior President of Tribunals may (consistently with F3subsection (2)) appoint a person who is the Chamber President of a chamber to preside instead, or to preside also, over another chamber.
7
8
Schedule 4 (eligibility for appointment under subsection (7), appointment of Deputy Chamber Presidents and Acting Chamber Presidents, assignment of judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, and further provision about Chamber Presidents and chambers) has effect.
9
Each of the Lord Chancellor and the Senior President of Tribunals may, with the concurrence of the other, by order—
a
make provision for the allocation of the First-tier Tribunal's functions between its chambers;
b
make provision for the allocation of the Upper Tribunal's functions between its chambers;
c
amend or revoke any order made under this subsection.