Legislation – Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Schedule 4 Paragraph 8:
- s. 13(8)(bza) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 23(2)
- s. 13(8)(bzb) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 24(9)
- s. 16(3)(a) word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(3)(a)
- s. 16(3)(b) and word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(3)(b)
- s. 16(3A)(3B) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(4)
- s. 22(6) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)
- s. 23(8) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 4(3)
- s. 25A inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 80(1)
- s. 29(3A) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 81(6)
- Sch. 5 para. 11A and cross-heading inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 80(2)
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 13(8)(bza) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 23(2)
- s. 13(8)(bzb) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 24(9)
- s. 16(3)(a) word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(3)(a)
- s. 16(3)(b) and word inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(3)(b)
- s. 16(3A)(3B) inserted by 2015 c. 2 s. 85(4)
- s. 22(6) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 4(2)
- s. 23(8) inserted by 2022 c. 35 Sch. 4 para. 4(3)
- s. 25A inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 80(1)
- s. 29(3A) inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 81(6)
- Sch. 5 para. 11A and cross-heading inserted by 2022 c. 36 s. 80(2)
SCHEDULE 4Chambers and Chamber Presidents: further provision
Part 1Chamber Presidents: appointment, delegation, deputies and further provision
Oaths
8
(1)
Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a person (“the appointee”)—
(a)
appointed under section 7(7) as a Chamber President,
(b)
appointed under paragraph 5(1) as a Deputy Chamber President of a chamber, or
(c)
appointed as an Acting Chamber President.
(2)
The appointee must take the required oaths before—
(a)
the Senior President of Tribunals, or
(b)
an eligible person who is nominated by the Senior President of Tribunals for the purpose of taking the oaths from the appointee.
(3)
A person is eligible for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) if any one or more of the following paragraphs applies to him—
(a)
he holds high judicial office (as defined in section 60(2) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4));
(b)
he holds judicial office (as defined in section 109(4) of that Act);
(c)
he holds (in Scotland) the office of sheriff.
(4)
Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to the appointee if he has previously taken the required oaths in compliance with a requirement imposed on him under paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 or paragraph 10 of Schedule 3.
(5)
In this paragraph “the required oaths” means (subject to sub-paragraph (6))—
(a)
the oath of allegiance, and
(b)
the judicial oath,
as set out in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 (c. 72).
(6)
Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that the appointee will carry out functions under his appointment wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland, the Lord Chancellor may direct that in relation to the appointee “the required oaths” means—
(a)
the oath as set out in section 19(2) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), or
(b)
the affirmation and declaration as set out in section 19(3) of that Act.