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SCHEDULE 14 The Judicial Appointments Commission: Relevant Offices and Enactments

Part 1 Appointments by Her Majesty

Office Enactment
Judge Advocate of Her Majesty’s Fleet Section 28(1) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (c. 46)
Judge Advocate General Section 29 of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (c. 46)
Common Serjeant Section 12(1) of the City of London (Courts) Act 1964 (c. iv)
Circuit judge Section 16(1) of the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)
Recorder Section 21(1) of the Courts Act 1971
Non-judicial member of the Restrictive Practices Court Section 3(1) of the Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 (c. 33)

Master, Queen’s Bench Division

Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals

Admiralty Registrar

Master, Chancery DivisionRegistrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court

Taxing Master of the Senior Courts

District judge of the principal registry of the Family Division

Master of the Court of Protection

Section 89(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981

Senior Master of the Queen’s Bench Division

Chief Chancery Master

Chief Taxing Master

Chief Bankruptcy Registrar

Senior District Judge of the Family Division

Section 89(3) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) (c. 54)
District judge Section 6(1) of the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)

Chief Child Support Commissioner

Child Support Commissioner

Section 22(1) of the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
Member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal Section 22(1)(c) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17)
District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Section 10A(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)

Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate)

Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate)

Section 10A(2) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997

Chief Social Security Commissioner

Social Security Commissioner

Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)
District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Section 22(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)

Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate)

Deputy Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate)

Section 23 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)

Part 2 Appointments by the Lord Chancellor: Offices to which paragraph 2(2)(d) of Schedule 12 does not apply

Office Enactment

Vice Judge Advocate General

Assistant Judge Advocate General

Section 30(1) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (c. 46)
Person appointed temporarily to assist the Judge Advocate General Section 30(2) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951
Judge of the Courts-Martial Appeal Court Section 2(2) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20)
General Commissioner for a division in England and Wales Section 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9)
Assistant recorder Section 24(1) of the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)
Deputy district judge in a district registry of the High Court Section 102(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)
Deputy district judge for a county court district Section 8(1) of the County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)
Justice of the peace Section 5 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)
Deputy District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Section 10B(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)
Justice of the peace who is not a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Section 10(1) of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)
Deputy District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) Section 24(1) of the Courts Act 2003

Part 3 Appointments by the Lord Chancellor: offices to which paragraph 2(2)(d) of Schedule 12 applies

Office Enactment
Member of pensions appeal tribunal Paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Schedule to the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 (c. 53)

Member of the Shipping Claims Tribunal

President of the Shipping Claims Tribunal

Section 8(1) of the Compensation (Defence) Act 1939 (c. 75)
Member of panel Section 109(1)(a) of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c.xcvii)
Deputy member of panel Section 109(1)(h) of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939
Member of a Pensions Appeal Tribunal Paragraph 2(1) of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39)

President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals

Deputy President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals

Paragraph 2B of the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39)

Member of panel of persons to act as arbitrators

Chairman of panel of persons to act as arbitrators

Deputy chairman of panel of persons to act as arbitrators

Section 61(1) of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (c. 59)
Chairman of an Agricultural Land Tribunal Paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 9 to the Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48)
Member of panel of deputy-chairmen of Agricultural Land Tribunal Paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 9 to the Agriculture Act 1947
Member of panel Paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 9 to the Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48)

President of the Lands Tribunal

Member of the Lands Tribunal

Section 2(1) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 (c. 42)
First of the three arbitration committee members Section 7(6) of the National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1949 (c. 93)
Arbitrator Section 18(3) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97)
Chairman of the Foreign Compensation Commission Section 1(1) of the Foreign Compensation Act 1950 (c. 12)
Arbitrator Paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 6 to the Transport Act 1962 (c. 46)
Chairman of a Levy Appeal Tribunal Section 29(2)(a) of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2)

Commons Commissioner

Chief Commons Commissioner

Section 17(1) of the Commons Registration Act 1965 (c. 64)
Substitute Chief Commons Commissioner Section 17(3) of the Commons Registration Act 1965
Arbitrator Section 15A(3) of the Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
Arbitrator Paragraph 13(3) of Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)
Arbitrator Paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1968 as set out in Schedule 2 to the Transport Act 1985 (Modifications in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1968) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/1903)
Arbitrator Paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1968 as set out in Schedule 2 to the Airports Act 1986 (Modifications in Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1968) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1801)

Special Commissioner

Presiding Special Commissioner

Section 4(1) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9)
Deputy Special Commissioner Section 4A(1) of the Taxes Management Act 1970
Chairman of a tribunal Paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38)
President of tribunal established by the Secretary of State Paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 3 to the Industry Act 1975 (c. 68)
President of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal Section 42(3)(a) of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c. 3)
Member of panel Paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 10 to the Rent Act 1977 (c. 42)

President of the Family Health Services Appeal Authority

Deputy President of the Family Health Services Appeal Authority

Member of the Family Health Services Appeal Authority

Paragraph 1 of Schedule 9A to the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)
Arbitrator Paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 2 to the British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)
Arbitrator Section 28N(3) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
Arbitrator Section 66(4)(a) of the Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)
Member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)
Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Mental Health Act 1983
Arbitrator Paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 1 to the Ordnance Factories and Military Services Act 1984 (c. 59)
Member of panel Paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985 (c. 17)

President of the Transport Tribunal

Chairman of the Transport Tribunal

Paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Transport Act 1985 (c. 67)
Member of Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal panel Paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 7 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)
Member of panel constituted for the purposes of Schedule 11 Paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 11 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5)

Chairman of section 706 tribunal

Member of section 706 tribunal

Section 706(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)
Arbitrator Paragraph 9(4) of Schedule 10 to the Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40)

Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal

Deputy chairman of the Copyright Tribunal

Section 145(2) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)
Arbitrator Paragraph 9(2)(a) of Schedule 10 to the Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29)
Arbitrator Schedule 9, paragraph 5(5)(a), of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42)
Deputy Child Support Commissioner Paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4 to the Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48)
Arbitrator Paragraph 11(5) of Schedule 2 to the Ports Act 1991 (c. 52)
Member of panel Section 31(1) of the Land Drainage Act 1991 (c. 59)
Arbitrator Paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 5 to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13)
Member of panel Section 6(1) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 (c. 53)

Member of tribunal for the purposes of section 150 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70)

Chairman of tribunal for the purposes of section 150 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954

Section 6(5) of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992
Arbitrator Paragraph 8(6)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21)
President of VAT tribunals Paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 12 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23)
Member of panel of chairmen Paragraph 7(3)(a) of Schedule 12 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994
Persons appointed to hear and determine appeals Section 77(1) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26)
Arbitrator Regulation 32(3)(a) of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2716)
Wreck commissioner Section 297(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)
Arbitrator Paragraph 10(6)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995 (c. 37)
Person nominated for the purpose of Schedule 6 to the Police Act 1996 Paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16)
Arbitrator Paragraph 8(6)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55)
Chairman of a tribunal Schedule 2, paragraph 1(1)(a), to the School Inspections Act 1996 (c. 57)

President of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal

Member of the chairmen’s panel of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal

Section 333 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)
Member of panel of chairmen for England and Wales Paragraph 6(2)(a) of the Schedule to the Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1678)
Chairman of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Plant Varieties Act 1997 (c. 66)
Member of Special Immigration Appeals Commission Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997 (c. 68)
Chairman of Special Immigration Appeals Commission Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act 1997
President of appeal tribunals Section 5(1) of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)
Member of panel of persons to act as members of appeal tribunals Section 6(2) of the Social Security Act 1998
Social Security Commissioner (deputy) Paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Act 1998

Chairman of the Information Tribunal

Deputy chairman of the Information Tribunal

Section 6(4) of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)

President of the Tribunal

Member of the chairman’s panel of the Tribunal

Paragraph 2(1) of the Schedule to the Protection of Children Act 1999 (c. 14)
Member of the lay panel of the Tribunal Paragraph 2(3) of the Schedule to the Protection of Children Act 1999 (c. 14)
Member of appeal panel Section 189(6) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)
Member of the Immigration Services Tribunal Paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 7 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)
President of the Immigration Services Tribunal Paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
President of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal Paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 13 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8)
Deputy President of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal Paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 13 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Member of panel of chairmen of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal Paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 13 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Member of lay panel of the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal Paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Member of the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)
Chairman of the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission Paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 3 to the Terrorism Act 2000
Member of the Adjudication Panel for England Section 75(3) of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)

President of the Adjudication Panel for England

Deputy President of the Adjudication Panel for England

Section 75(4) of the Local Government Act 2000
Member of the panel of tribunal chairmen Regulation 7(1)(a) of the Health Service Medicines (Price Control Appeals) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/124)
Senior tribunal chairman Regulation 7(1)(b) of the Health Service Medicines (Price Control Appeals) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/124)
Member of the Pathogens Access Appeal Commission Paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24)
Chairman of the Pathogens Access Appeal Commission Paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 6 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
President of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) Regulation 3(1) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/ 1171)
Member of panel Regulation 5(1)(a) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2001
Regional Chairman Regulation 8(1) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2001
Road user charging adjudicator Regulation 3(1) of the Road User Charging (Enforcement and Adjudication) (London) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2313)
Adjudicator to Her Majesty’s Land Registry Section 107(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9)
President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal Section 12(2)(a) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40)
Member of panel of chairmen of the Competition Appeal Tribunal Section 12(2)(b) of the Enterprise Act 2002
Acting President of Competition Appeal Tribunal Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Enterprise Act 2002
Member of panel of assessors to assist Special Commissioners Section 320(3)(b) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)
Adjudicator Section 81(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)

Chief Adjudicator

Deputy Chief Adjudicator

Regional Adjudicator

Deputy Regional Adjudicator

Section 81(3) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002
Member of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal Paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002
Deputy President of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal Paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 5 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002
Arbitrator Paragraph 4(7)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)