Section 7 — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007: Chambers: jurisdiction and Presidents

Chambers: jurisdiction and Presidents 7 1 The Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, by order make provision for the organisation of each of the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal into a number of chambers.

2 There is—

a for each chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, and b for each chamber of the Upper Tribunal, to be a person, or two persons, to preside over that chamber.

3 A person may at a particular time—

a preside over more than one chamber of the First-tier Tribunal;

b preside over more than one chamber of the Upper Tribunal;

c preside over—

i one or more chambers of the First-tier Tribunal, and ii one or more chambers of the Upper Tribunal.

4 A person appointed under this section to preside over a chamber is to be known as a Chamber President.

5 Where two persons are appointed under this section to preside over the same chamber, any reference in an enactment to the Chamber President of the chamber is a reference to a person appointed under this section to preside over the chamber.

6 The Senior President of Tribunals may (consistently with subsection (2) ) appoint a person who is the Chamber President of a chamber to preside instead, or to preside also, over another chamber.

7 The Senior President of Tribunals may (consistently with subsection (2) ) appoint a person who is not a Chamber President to preside over a chamber.

8 Schedule 4 (eligibility for appointment under subsection (7), appointment of Deputy Chamber Presidents and Acting Chamber Presidents, assignment of judges and other members of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, and further provision about Chamber Presidents and chambers) has effect.

9 Each of the Lord Chancellor and the Senior President of Tribunals may, with the concurrence of the other, by order—

a make provision for the allocation of the First-tier Tribunal's functions between its chambers;

b make provision for the allocation of the Upper Tribunal's functions between its chambers;

c amend or revoke any order made under this subsection.