Northern Ireland Act 1998

Section 91(1).

SCHEDULE 11U.K. Tribunal established under section 91

IntroductoryU.K.

1U.K.In this Schedule “the Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 91.

MembersU.K.

2(1)The Tribunal shall consist of such number of members appointed by the Lord Chancellor as he may determine.U.K.

(2)A member of the Tribunal shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to hold office, be eligible for re-appointment.

(3)A member of the Tribunal may resign his office at any time by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor.

[F12A(1)The Lord Chancellor may only appoint persons to the Tribunal who have been selected by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission as follows.U.K.

(2)The Lord Chancellor may at any time by notice require the Commission to select a person for appointment.

(3)The Commission must then select a person for appointment and notify the Lord Chancellor accordingly.

(4)The Lord Chancellor must then appoint the selected person.

(5)Section 5A of, and Part 4 of Schedule 3 to, the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 apply for the purposes of selections under this paragraph as they apply for the purposes of selections under that Schedule.]

ChairmanU.K.

3(1)The Lord Chancellor shall appoint one of the members of the Tribunal to be its chairman.U.K.

(2)The chairman may nominate a member as deputy chairman to act in his absence.

(3)A member may not be appointed as chairman or nominated as deputy chairman, unless he holds, or has held, office as a judge of the High Court, the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, the Court of Appeal or the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland.

(4)The chairman may resign his office at any time by notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor.

Payments to membersU.K.

4(1)The Lord Chancellor may pay to the members of the Tribunal such remuneration and allowances as he may determine.U.K.

(2)The Lord Chancellor may, if he thinks fit in the case of any member of the Tribunal pay such pension, allowance or gratuity to or in respect of the member, or such sums towards the provision of such pension, allowance or gratuity, as he may determine.

(3)If a person ceases to be a member of the Tribunal and it appears to the Lord Chancellor that there are special circumstances which make it right that the person should receive compensation, he may pay to that person a sum of such amount as he may determine.

ProceedingsU.K.

5(1)The Tribunal shall sit at such times and in such places as the [F2Lord Chief Justice] may direct.U.K.

[F3(2)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under this paragraph—

(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]

6U.K.The Tribunal shall be deemed to be duly constituted if it consists of the chairman or deputy chairman and two or more other members.

7U.K.The chairman or, in his absence, the deputy chairman, shall preside at sittings of the Tribunal.

StaffU.K.

8U.K.The Lord Chancellor may appoint such officers and servants for the Tribunal as he thinks fit.

ExpensesU.K.

9U.K.The Lord Chancellor shall defray the remuneration of persons appointed under paragraph 8 and such expenses of the Tribunal as he thinks fit.

Disqualification of Tribunal MembersU.K.

10U.K.In Part II of Schedule 1 to the M1House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified) at the appropriate place insert— “ The Tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 ”.

11U.K.In Part II of Schedule 1 to the M2Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies of which all members are disqualified) at the appropriate place insert— “ The Tribunal established under section 91 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 ”.