Crime and Courts Act 2013

Senior President of Tribunals to make certain appointments to First-tier and Upper Tribunals

49 (1) Schedule 14 to that Act (Judicial Appointments Commission: relevant offices and enactments) is amended as follows.

(2) For the title of Part 3 substitute “Tribunal-related and other appointments”.

(3) The table in Part 3 (appointments by the Lord Chancellor) becomes Table 1 of that Part called “Appointments by the Lord Chancellor”.

(4) Move the entries for the following offices from Table 1 of Part 3 to form Table 2 of that Part called “Appointments by the Senior President of Tribunals” (and with the same column headings)—

• Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, or of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal, by appointment under section 7(7) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, but not where appointed in accordance with paragraph 2(2) to (5) of Schedule 4 to that Act

• Judge of the First-tier Tribunal by appointment under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to that Act

• Other member of the First-tier Tribunal by appointment under paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule

• Other member of the Upper Tribunal by appointment under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to that Act

• Deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal by appointment under paragraph 7(1) of that Schedule

• Deputy Chamber President of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, or of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal, but not where appointed in accordance with paragraph 5(5) to (8) of Schedule 4 to that Act

(5) In the entry in Part 3 for Deputy Chief Coroner appointed under paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 8 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, for “2(5)” substitute “2(6)”.

(6) In paragraph 51 of Schedule 21 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (which inserts entries at the end of Part 3 of Schedule 14 to the 2005 Act)—

(a) after “at the end of” insert “Table 1 of”, and

(b) for “2(5)” substitute “2(6)”.

(Accordingly, the power to commence that paragraph 51 becomes a power to commence it as amended by this sub-paragraph.)