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8(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a person (“the appointee”)—
(a)appointed under section 7(7) as a Chamber President,
(b)appointed under paragraph 5(1) as a Deputy Chamber President of a chamber, or
(c)appointed as an Acting Chamber President.
(2)The appointee must take the required oaths before—
(a)the Senior President of Tribunals, or
(b)an eligible person who is nominated by the Senior President of Tribunals for the purpose of taking the oaths from the appointee.
(3)A person is eligible for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) if any one or more of the following paragraphs applies to him—
(a)he holds high judicial office (as defined in section 60(2) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4));
(b)he holds judicial office (as defined in section 109(4) of that Act);
(c)he holds (in Scotland) the office of sheriff.
(4)Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to the appointee if he has previously taken the required oaths in compliance with a requirement imposed on him under paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 or paragraph 10 of Schedule 3.
(5)In this paragraph “the required oaths” means (subject to sub-paragraph (6))—
(a)the oath of allegiance, and
(b)the judicial oath,
as set out in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 (c. 72).
(6)Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that the appointee will carry out functions under his appointment wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland, the Lord Chancellor may direct that in relation to the appointee “the required oaths” means—
(a)the oath as set out in section 19(2) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), or
(b)the affirmation and declaration as set out in section 19(3) of that Act.
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