Section 8 — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007: Senior President of Tribunals: power to delegate

Senior President of Tribunals: power to delegate 8 1 The Senior President of Tribunals may delegate any function he has in his capacity as Senior President of Tribunals—

a to any judge, or other member, of the Upper Tribunal or First-tier Tribunal;

b to staff appointed under section 40(1). 1A A function under paragraph 1(1) or 2(1) of Schedule 2 may be delegated under subsection (1) only to a Chamber President of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal.

2 Subsection (1) does not apply to functions of the Senior President of Tribunals under any of the following— section 7(7); section 7(9); section 29B; section 29D; paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3; paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 3; paragraph 2 of Schedule 4; paragraph 5(1) and (3) of Schedule 4; paragraph 5(5) to (8) of Schedule 4; paragraph 5A(2)(a) of Schedule 4; paragraph 5A(3)(a) of Schedule 4. paragraph 3 of Schedule 5; paragraph 2 of Schedule A1 to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.

3 A delegation under subsection (1) is not revoked by the delegator's becoming incapacitated.

4 Any delegation under subsection (1) that is in force immediately before a person ceases to be Senior President of Tribunals continues in force until varied or revoked by a subsequent holder of the office of Senior President of Tribunals.

5 The delegation under this section of a function shall not prevent the exercise of the function by the Senior President of Tribunals.