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LANDS TRIBUNAL AND COMPENSATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 2

Terms of appointment and remuneration, etc., of members.

2.(1) Subject to [subsections (4) and (4A)], a member of the Lands Tribunal
...

Para.(a) rep. by SI 1973/2163 art.14(2) sch.6

(b)... shall vacate his office at the end of the completed year of service in
the course of which he attains the age of seventy-two years; and

(c)[in] his appointment shall be subject to such other conditions as may be
determined by the Ministry before his appointment or as may, after his
appointment, be agreed to in writing by him with the Ministry.

(2) A member of the Lands Tribunal shall not practise at the bar or as a
solicitor or engage, whether directly or indirectly, or be a partner of any
other person who engages, in any gainful profession, occupation or business
which involves or may involve the valuation of or dealing in land but nothing
in this subsection shall affect the operation of any rule of law disqualifying
a person for acting in any matter on the ground of interest or bias.

(3) A person who ceases to hold office as a member of the Lands Tribunal shall
be eligible for re-appointment thereto.

(4) If a member of the Lands Tribunal becomes, in the opinion of the Governor,
unfit to continue in office or incapable of performing his duties, the
Governor shall forthwith declare his office to be vacant and shall notify the
fact in such manner as he thinks fit, and thereupon the office shall become
vacant.

[(4A) Without prejudice to subsection (4), a member of the Lands Tribunal
holding office immediately before 1st January 1974 may be removed from office
by Her Majesty upon an address presented to Her Majesty by both Houses of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom.]

(5) There shall be paid to the members of the Lands Tribunal appointed under
section 1(2) such remuneration, and to a person who has been a member of the
Lands Tribunal or in respect of the service of such a person such allowances
and gratuities by way of superannuation, as may be determined by an Order in
Council made under this subsection but the Governor shall not be recommended
to make any such Order in Council until a draft thereof has been laid before
Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

(6) All sums payable under this section shall be charged on and issued out of
the Consolidated Fund.

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