The Contracting Out of Functions (Tribunal Staff) Order 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/3539
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Contracting Out of Functions (Tribunal Staff) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day following that on which it is made.

Section 2 Contracting out of functions

(1) The functions described in paragraph (2) below may be exercised by, or by the employees of, such persons as the Lord Chancellor may authorise to do so.

(2) The functions are those conferred on the Lord Chancellor by the enactments listed in the left-hand column of the Table below, so far as they relate to the provision of officers and other staff for the tribunals listed in the right-hand column of that Table.

Section 3 Contracting out of functions

Nothing in this Order shall have the effect of authorising any person—

(a) to make judicial decisions or advise any person making such decisions;

(b) to exercise any judicial discretion or advise any person exercising any such discretion; or

(c) to exercise any power of arrest.