Legislation – Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 47:
- 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)
Part 1Tribunals and Inquiries
Chapter 6Supplementary
47Co-operation in relation to judicial training, guidance and welfare
(1)
Persons with responsibilities in connection with a courts-related activity, and persons with responsibilities in connection with the corresponding tribunals activity, must co-operate with each other in relation to the carrying-on of those activities.
(2)
In this section “courts-related activity” and “corresponding tribunals activity” are to be read as follows—
(a)
making arrangements for training of judiciary of a territory is a courts-related activity, and the corresponding tribunals activity is making arrangements for training of tribunal members;
(b)
making arrangements for guidance of judiciary of a territory is a courts-related activity, and the corresponding tribunals activity is making arrangements for guidance of tribunal members;
(c)
making arrangements for the welfare of judiciary of a territory is a courts-related activity, and the corresponding tribunals activity is making arrangements for the welfare of tribunal members.
(3)
Subsection (1) applies to a person who has responsibilities in connection with a courts-related activity only if—
(a)
the person is the chief justice of the territory concerned, or
(b)
what the person does in discharging those responsibilities is done (directly or indirectly) on behalf of the chief justice of that territory.
(4)
Subsection (1) applies to a person who has responsibilities in connection with a corresponding tribunals activity only if—
(a)
the person is the Senior President of Tribunals F1or the President of Welsh Tribunals, or
(b)
what the person does in discharging those responsibilities is done (directly or indirectly) on behalf of the Senior President of Tribunals F2or the President of Welsh Tribunals.
(5)
For the purposes of this section—
(a)
“territory” means—
(i)
England and Wales,
(ii)
Scotland, or
(iii)
Northern Ireland;
(b)
the “chief justice”—
(i)
of England and Wales is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales,
(ii)
of Scotland is the Lord President of the Court of Session, and
(iii)
of Northern Ireland is the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;
(c)
a person is a “tribunal member” if the person is—
(i)
a judge, or other member, of the First-tier Tribunal or Upper Tribunal,
(ii)
a judge, or other member, of the Employment Appeal Tribunal,F3 or
(iii)
(v)
a judge, or other member, of a tribunal listed in section 59 of the Wales Act 2017 (the Welsh tribunals).