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Agricultural Land Tribunals (s 73 of the Agriculture Act 1947) Agricultural Arbitrators (Sch 11 of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986) Aircraft and shipbuilding industries Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Arbitration Tribunal (s 42 of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977) Antarctica
Antarctic Act Tribunal (Reg 11 of the Antarctica Regulations 1995) Aviation
Civil Aviation Authority (s 2 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982) Banking
Banking Appeal Tribunal (s 28 of the Banking Act 1987) Betting levy
Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal (s 29 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963) Building societies
Building Societies Appeal Tribunal (s 47 of the Building Societies Act 1986) Chemical weapons
Chemical weapons licensing appeal tribunals (under the Chemical Weapons (Licence Appeal Provisions) Order 1996) Child support maintenance
Child Support Appeal Tribunals (s 21 of the Child Support Act 1991) Child Support Commissioners (s 22 of the Child Support Act 1991) Children's (etc) homes Registered Homes Tribunals (Part III of the Registered Homes Act 1984) Commons
Commons Commissioners and Assessors (s 17(2) and (3) of the Commons Registration Act 1965) Competition
Competition Commission Appeal Tribunals (s 48 of the Competition Act 1998) Conveyancing
Conveyancing Appeal Tribunal (s 41 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990) Copyright
Copyright Tribunal (s 145 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988)
Criminal injuries compensation Criminal Injuries Compensation Adjudicators (s 5 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1997) Dairy produce quota
Dairy Produce Quota Tribunal (Reg 34(1) of the Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1997) Data protection
Data Protection Commissioner (s 6 of the Data Protection Act 1998) (End note 3) Data Protection Tribunal (s 48 of the Data Protection Act 1998) Education
Independent Schools Tribunal (s 476 and Sch 34 of the Education Act 1996) Exclusion appeal panels (under Sch 18 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998) Admission appeal panels (under Sch 24 or Sch 25 para 3 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998) Special Educational Needs Tribunal (s 333 of the Education Act 1996) Registered Inspectors of Schools Appeal Tribunal (Sch 2 of the Schools Inspection Act 1996) School standards adjudicators (s 25 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998) Employment
Employment Tribunals (s 1(1) of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996) fair trading Director General of Fair Trading (functions under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and Estate Agents Act 1979) financial services Financial Services Tribunal (s 96 of the Financial Services Act 1986) Food
Meat Hygiene Appeals Tribunal (Part II of the Food Safety Act 1990) Foreign compensation
Foreign Compensation Commission (Foreign Compensation Act 1950) Forestry
Forestry Committees (s 16, 17B, 20, 21 or 25 of the Forestry Act 1967) Friendly societies
Friendly Societies Appeal Tribunal (s 59 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992) Immigration
Immigration Adjudicators (s 12 of the Immigration Act 1971)
Immigration Appeal Tribunal (s 12 of the Immigration Act 1971) Indemnification of justices and clerks Indemnification of justices and clerks (s 54(6) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997) Industrial training levy exemption
Industrial Training Levy Exemption Referees (Industrial Training (Levy Exemption References) Regulations 1974) Industry
Arbitration Tribunal (Sch 3 of the Industry Act 1975) Insolvency practitioners
Insolvency Practitioners Tribunal (s 396 of the Insolvency Act 1986) Land
Lands Tribunal (s l(l)(b) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949) Licensing
Persons hearing consumer credit licensing appeals (s 41 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974) Persons hearing estate agent appeals (s 7 of the Estate Agents Act 1979) Local taxation
Valuation Tribunals (Sch 11 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988) London Building Acts
London Building Acts Tribunals (s 109 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939) Mental health
Mental Health Review Tribunals (s 65 of the Mental Health Act 1983) Mines and quarries
Mines and Quarries Tribunal (s 150 of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954) Misuse of drugs Misuse of Drugs Tribunal (Part I of Sch 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971) National Health Service
National Health Service Tribunal (s 46 of the National Health Act 1977) Health Authorities (s 8 of the National Health Act 1977, in respect of functions under the National Health Service (Service Committee and Tribunal) Regulations 1992) Discipline Committees (Reg 3 of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) Regulations 1992) National Lottery
National Lottery Commissions (functions under s 10, lOA and Sch 3 of the National Lottery Act 1993)
National Savings
National Savings adjudicator (s 84 of the Friendly Societies Act 1992) Patents, etc
Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks
Pensions
Pensions Appeal Tribunals (s 8 of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act 1919 or the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943) Fire Service Pensions Appeal Tribunals (scheme under s 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947) Pensions Compensation Board (s 78 of the Pensions Act 1995) Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (s 1 of the Pensions Act 1995) Pensions Ombudsman (Part X of the Pensions Schemes Act 1993) Police Pensions Appeal Tribunals (s 1 of the Police Pensions Act 1976) Plant varieties
Controller of Plant Variety Rights (functions under para 3 of Sch 1 of the Plant Varieties Act 1997) Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal (s 42 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1997) Police discipline
Police appeals tribunals (Sch 6 of the Police Act 1996 and s 38(2) and 82(2) of the Police Act 1997) Rents
Leasehold Valuation Tribunals (s 142 of the Housing Act 1980) Rent Tribunals (s 72 of the Housing Act 1980) Rent Assessment Committees (Sch 10 of the Rent Act 1977, or s 14 or 22 of the Housing Act 1988) Reserve forces Reinstatement Committees (para 1 of Sch 2 of the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985) Reinstatement Umpires (para 5 of Sch 2 to the Reserve Forces (Safeguard of Employment) Act 1985) Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunals (Part X of the Reserve Forces Act 1996) Revenue
General Commissioners of Income Tax (s 2 of the Taxes Management Act 1970) Special Commissioners of Income Tax (s 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970) s 706 Tribunal (s 706 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988) Road traffic Traffic Commissioners (Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981)
Parking Adjudicators (s 73(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1991) Sea fish conservation Sea Fish Licence Tribunal (s 4AA of the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967) Social security
Social Security Appeal Tribunals (s 41 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992) Disability Appeal Tribunals (s 43 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992) Medical Appeal Tribunals (s 50 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992) Unified Appeal Tribunals (Ch 1 of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998) Social Security Commissioners (s 52 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992) Transport
Transport Tribunal (Sch 4 of the Transport Act 1985) Vaccine damage
Vaccine Damage Tribunals (s 4 of the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979) VAT and duties
VAT and duties Tribunals (Sch 12 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994) Wireless telegraphy
Wireless Telegraphy Appeal Tribunal (s 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949) (II) Tribunals Not Under the Supervision of the Council on Tribunals Civil liberties
Intelligence Services Tribunal (s 9 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994) Interception of Communications Tribunal (s 7 of the Interception of Communications Act 1985) Security Service Tribunal (s 5 of the Security Service Act 1989) Surveillance Commissioners (s 38 and 82 of the Police Act 1997) Employment
Employment Appeal Tribunal (s 20(1) of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996) Immigration
Special Immigration Appeal Commission (s 1 of the Special Immigration Appeal Commission Act 1997) Patents etc
Registered Designs Appeal Tribunal (s 28 of the Registered Designs Act 1949) Trade Marks appointed persons (s 77 of the Trade Marks Act 1994) (III) Tribunals Proposed by Current Legislation or in Course of Implementation Civil liberties
Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (cl [5] of the Terrorism Bill)
Investigatory Powers tribunal (cl [57] of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill) Financial Services
Financial Services Authority (cl [1] of the Financial Services and Markets Bill) Financial Services Ombudsman scheme (cl [220] of the Financial Services and Markets Bill) Financial Services and Markets Tribunal (cl [129] of the Financial Services and Markets Bill) Freedom of information Information Commissioner (cl [16] of the Freedom of Information Bill) Information Tribunal (cl [16] of the Freedom of Information Bill) Immigration
Asylum Support Adjudicators (s 102 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999) Immigration Services Commissioner (s 83 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999) Immigration Services Appeal Tribunal (s 87 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999) Local government
Adjudication Panels (cl [69] of the Local Government Bill) National Health Service
Health Service medicine prices appeal tribunal (under the Health Service Medicines (Price Control Appeals) Regulations 2000) Protection of Vulnerable Adults Protection of Vulnerable Adults Tribunal (cl [69] of the Care Standards Bill) Protection of children Protection of Children Act Tribunal (s 9 of the Protection of Children Act 1999)
In his recent report on the Crown Office, Sir Jeffery Bowman pointed to a number of specific issues which need closer examination, including the haphazard growth of tribunals, complex routes of appeal, and the need for mechanisms to ensure coherent development of the law... The Tribunals system has for too long been ignored. Significant steps have been taken to modernise the civil and criminal justice systems. It is high time that we also looked afresh at the whole system of administrative justice, which has a colossal impact on the lives of well over 470,000 people every year ...
