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15 Rules and orders

Any power of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Advocate or either of them to make rules or orders under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

16 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—

• “decision”, “procedural rules” and “working”, in relation to a tribunal, shall be construed subject to section 14,

• “Council” means the Council on Tribunals,

• “Minister” includes any Board presided over by a Minister,

• “Scottish Committee” means the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals,

• “statutory inquiry” means—

  (a)

  an inquiry or hearing held or to be held in pursuance of a duty imposed by any statutory provision, or

  (b)

  an inquiry or hearing, or an inquiry or hearing of a class, designated for the purposes of this section by an order under subsection (2), and

• “statutory provision” means a provision contained in, or having effect under, any enactment.

(2) The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Advocate may by order designate for the purposes of this section any inquiry or hearing held or to be held in pursuance of a power conferred by any statutory provision specified or described in the order, or any class of such inquiries or hearings.

(3) References in this Act to members of tribunals include references to the person constituting a tribunal consisting of one person.

17 Transitory provisions

The transitory provisions in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect.

18 Consequential amendments, repeals and saving

(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments consequential on this Act.

(2) The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 4 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Part; and the orders specified in Part II of that Schedule are hereby revoked.

(3) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of Schedule 3 to the [1971 c. 62.] Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971, section 3(12)(a) of the [1949 c. 42] Lands Tribunal Act 1949 shall continue to have effect with the substitution for paragraph (a) of the following paragraph—

“(a) Subsection (4) of this section shall not apply;”.

19 Short title, commencement and extent

(1) This Act may be cited as the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992.

(2) This Act shall come into force on 1st October 1992.

(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.