Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 - Legislation.gov.uk

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15)
Part 1 — Tribunals and Inquiries
Chapter 5 — Oversight of administrative justice system, tribunals and inquiries
(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.
45 Abolition 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.
CHAPTER 6
SUPPLEMENTARY
46 Delegation of functions by Lord Chief Justice etc.
(1) The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales may nominate a judicial office
holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to
exercise any of his functions under the provisions listed in subsection (2).
(2) The provisions are—
paragraphs 3(4) and 6(3)(a) of Schedule 2;
paragraphs 3(4) and 6(3)(a) of Schedule 3;
paragraphs 2(2) and 5(5) of Schedule 4;
paragraphs 21(2), 22, 24 and 25(2)(a) of Schedule 5.
(3) The Lord President of the Court of Session may nominate any of the following
to exercise any of his functions under the provisions listed in subsection (4)—
(a) a judge who is a member of the First or Second Division of the Inner
House of the Court of Session;
(b) the Senior President of Tribunals.
(4) The provisions are—
paragraphs 3(2) and 6(3)(b) of Schedule 2;
paragraphs 3(2) and 6(3)(b) of Schedule 3;
paragraphs 2(3) and 5(6) of Schedule 4;
paragraphs 23, 24, 25(2)(b) and (c) and 28(1)(b) of Schedule 5.
(5) The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following
to exercise any of his functions under the provisions listed in subsection (6)—
(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice
(Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26);
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