Section 4 — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007: Judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal
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Judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal 4 1 A person is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal if the person—
a is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2, b is a transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2)),
c is a judge of the Upper Tribunal, ca is within section 6A, d . . . or e is a member of a panel of Employment Judges .
2 A person is also a judge of the First-tier Tribunal, but only as regards functions of the tribunal in relation to appeals such as are mentioned in subsection (1) of section 5 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 (c. 53), if the person is an adjudicator appointed under that section by the Scottish Ministers.
3 A person is one of the other members of the First-tier Tribunal if the person—
a is a member of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2, b is a transferred-in other member of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2)),
c is one of the other members of the Upper Tribunal, or d is a member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of Employment Judges .
4 Schedule 2— contains provision for the appointment of persons to be judges or other members of the First-tier Tribunal, and makes further provision in connection with judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal.
Official source: legislation.gov.uk
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