Section 29B — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007: Directions and independence: authorised persons

Directions and independence: authorised persons 29B 1 The Senior President of Tribunals may give directions to an authorised person.

2 Apart from such directions, an authorised person exercising a function by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 is not subject to the direction of the Lord Chancellor or any other person when exercising the function.

3 The Senior President of Tribunals may delegate to one or more of the following the Senior President of Tribunals' functions under subsection (1)—

a a judicial office holder;

b a person appointed under section 2(1) of the Courts Act 2003 or section 40(1) of this Act.

4 A person to whom functions of the Senior President of Tribunals are delegated under subsection (3)(b) is not subject to the direction of any person other than—

a the Senior President of Tribunals, or b a judicial office holder nominated by the Senior President of Tribunals, when exercising the functions.

5 Subsections (3) to (5) of section 8 apply to—

a a delegation under subsection (3) of this section, and b a nomination under subsection (4) of this section, as they apply to a delegation under subsection (1) of that section.