Lands Tribunal Act 1949

2 Members, officers and expenses of Lands Tribunal.

(1) The Lands Tribunal shall consist of a President and such number of other members as the Lord Chancellor may determine, to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor.

(2) The President shall be either a person who has held judicial office under the Crown (whether in the United Kingdom or not) or a barrister-at-law of at least seven years' standing, and of the other members of the Lands Tribunal such number as the Lord Chancellor may determine shall be barristers-at-law or solicitors of the like standing and the others shall be persons who have had experience in the valuation of land appointed after consultation with the president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

(3) In the case of the temporary absence or inability to act of the President, the Lord Chancellor may appoint another member of the Lands Tribunal to act as deputy for the President, and a member so appointed shall, when so acting, have all the functions of the President.

(4) If a member of the Lands Tribunal becomes, in the opinion of the Lord Chancellor, unfit to continue in office or incapable of performing his duties, the Lord Chancellor shall forthwith declare his office to be vacant and shall notify the fact in such manner as he thinks fit, and thereupon the office shall become vacant.

(5) Subject to the last foregoing subsection, the appointment of a member of the Lands Tribunal shall be for such term as may be determined by the Lord Chancellor, with the approval of the Treasury, before his appointment, and shall be subject to such conditions as may be so determined, and a person who ceases to hold office as a member of the Lands Tribunal shall be eligible for re-appointment thereto.

(6) There may be paid to the members of the Lands Tribunal such remuneration, and such travelling and subsistence allowances, and to persons who have been members thereof such superannuation allowances, as the Lord Chancellor may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.

(7) The Lord Chancellor may appoint such officers and servants of the Lands Tribunal as he may, with the approval of the Treasury as to numbers and remuneration, determine.

(8) The remuneration and allowances of members and superannuation allowances of past members of the Lands Tribunal, the remuneration of the officers and servants appointed by the Lord Chancellor, and such other expenses of the Lands Tribunal as the Treasury may determine, shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

(9) In relation to the Lands Tribunal for Scotland this section shall have effect with the substitution—

(a) of references to the Lord President of the Court of Session or, in subsections (5) to (8), to the Secretary of State for references to the Lord Chancellor;

(b) of a reference to the chairman of the Scottish Branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for the reference to the President of that institution;

(c) of references to an advocate for references to a barrister-at-law.