The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009

Lands Tribunal Rules 1996

57.—(1) Rule 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) in the definition of “appeal”—

(i) after ““appeal”” insert “, except in Part 9,”; and

(ii) omit “Lands”;

(b) after the definition of “authority” insert—

““compulsory purchase compensation reference” means a reference of a question to the Tribunal—

(a)

under section 1 of the 1961 Act;

(b)

under section 11(4) of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(1); or

(c)

to which the provisions of section 4 of the 1961 Act apply, with the exception of references—

(i)

under section 16(7) of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1967(2);

(ii)

under section 307(1) of the Highways Act 1980(3); and

(iii)

under regulation 96(2) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994(4).”;

(c) omit the definitions of—

(i) “the office”; and

(ii) “the President”;

(d) in the definition of “proceedings” omit “Lands”;

(e) in the definition of “the registrar” for “an officer of the Lands Tribunal authorised by the Lord Chancellor, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,” substitute “a member of staff appointed under section 40(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(5) (tribunal staff and services) and authorised by the Senior President of Tribunals”; and

(f) for the definition of “the Tribunal” substitute—

““the Tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal;”.

(3) Omit paragraph (1A).

(1)

1981 c. 66.

(2)

1967 c. 42.

(3)

1980 c. 66.

(4)

S.I. 1994/2716.

(5)

2007 c.15.