Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 897
Tribunals And Inquiries
The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012
Made
15th March 2012
Laid before Parliament
22nd March 2012
Coming into force
16th April 2012
The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Amendment) Order 2012 and comes into force on 16th April 2012.
Amendment of the Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008
2. The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008( 2 ) is amended as follows.
3. In article 2(4), after sub-paragraph (m), insert—
“ (n) in environmental matters. ”
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor,
J Djanogly
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
12th March 2012
I concur,
Robert Carnwath
Senior President of Tribunals
15th March 2012
S.I 2008/2692 as amended by S.I 2009/1592 .