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Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

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Policy of Senior President of Tribunals as respects assigning members to chambers etc.

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13(1)The Senior President of Tribunals must publish a document recording the policy adopted by him in relation to—

(a)the assigning of persons to chambers in exercise of his functions under paragraph 9,

(b)the assigning of persons to act as members of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in exercise of his functions under paragraphs 5A and 5B of Schedule 4 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), and

(c)the nominating of persons to act as members of panels of members of employment tribunals in exercise of his functions under any such provision as is mentioned in section 5D(1) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17).

(2)That policy must be such as to secure—

(a)that appropriate use is made of the knowledge and experience of the judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, and

(b)that, in the case of a chamber (of the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal) whose business consists of, or includes, cases likely to involve the application of the law of Scotland or Northern Ireland, sufficient knowledge and experience of that law is to be found among persons assigned to the chamber.

(3)No policy may be adopted by the Senior President of Tribunals for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) unless the Lord Chancellor concurs in the policy.

(4)The Senior President of Tribunals must keep any policy adopted for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) under review.

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