Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries

Chapter 5Oversight of administrative justice system, tribunals and inquiries

44The Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council

(1)There is to be a council to be known as the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council.

(2)In Schedule 7—

• Part 1 makes provision about membership and committees of the Council,

• Part 2 makes provision about functions of the Council,

• Part 3 requires the Council to be consulted before procedural rules for certain tribunals are made, confirmed etc., and

• Part 4 contains interpretative provisions.

45Abolition of the Council on Tribunals

(1)The following are abolished—

(a)the Council on Tribunals, and

(b)the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals.

(2)In consequence of subsection (1), sections 1 to 4 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53) cease to have effect.

(3)The Lord Chancellor may by order transfer to the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council the property, rights and liabilities of—

(a)the Council on Tribunals;

(b)the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals.