The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012

Made: 15th March 2012

Laid before Parliament: 22nd March 2012

Coming into force: 16th April 2012

The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007[^f00001].

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 16th April 2012.

Amendment of the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008

2

The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008[^f00002] is amended as follows.

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In article 2(4), after sub-paragraph (m), insert—

(n) in environmental matters.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor,

J Djanogly — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 12th March 2012

I concur,

Robert Carnwath — Senior President of Tribunals — 15th March 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008. It adds as one of the grounds of eligibility for appointment as a member of the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal who is not a judge, substantial experience in environmental matters.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2007 c.15.

[^f00002]: S.I 2008/2692 as amended by S.I 2009/1592.