Commentary on Sections Schedule 14: Deployment of the judiciary Part 4: Deployment of judges to the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal
409.Paragraph 7 amends section 4(1) of the 2007 Act to provide that any judge specified in new section 6A of that Act (inserted by paragraph 9 of Schedule 14) is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal).
410.Paragraph 8 amends section 6(1) of the 2007 Act to provide that the following judges are also judges of the First-tier and Upper Tribunals: the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Judge Advocate General and a deputy judge of the High Court.
411.Paragraph 9 inserts a new section 6A into the 2007 Act which expands the list of judges who are First-tier Tribunal judges to include a deputy Circuit Judge, a Recorder, High Court Masters, county court and High Court deputy district judges, Deputy District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts), the Vice Judge Advocate General and Assistant Judge Advocates General.