Section 1 — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007: Independence of tribunal judiciary

Independence of tribunal judiciary 1 In section 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) (guarantee of continued judicial independence), after subsection (7) insert— 7A In this section “ the judiciary ” also includes every person who—

a holds an office listed in Schedule 14 or holds an office listed in subsection (7B),

and b but for this subsection would not be a member of the judiciary for the purposes of this section. 7B The offices are those of—

a Senior President of Tribunals;

b President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);

c Vice President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);

d member of a panel of chairmen of Employment Tribunals (Scotland);

e member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of chairmen;

f adjudicator appointed under section 5 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995.