HL Deb 14 July 2004 vol 663 cc1291-2

42 Schedule 1, page 32, line 17, after "legal" insert "or lay"

43 Page 32, line 18, leave out first "as"

44 Page 32, line 18, leave out from "appointment" to end of line 19

The Commons disagree to these amendments and to Lords Amendment No. 61, but propose Amendments Nos. 61A to 61C in lieu thereof.

61A Page 32, line 19, at end insert—

"or,

(e) in the Lord Chancellor's opinion, has non-legal experience which makes him suitable for appointment.

(2) A person appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (d) shall be known as a legally qualified member of the Tribunal."

61B Page 37, line 5, after "a", insert "legally qualified"

61C Page 41, line 3, leave out paragraph 28 and insert—

"28 Where immediately before commencement a person is a member of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal—

  1. he shall be treated as having been appointed as a member of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to that Act immediately after commencement, and
  2. if he was a legally qualified member of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal (within the meaning of Schedule 5 to that Act) he shall be treated as having been appointed as a legally qualified member of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal."

Lord Filkin: My Lords, I beg to move that the House do not insist on its Amendments Nos. 42 to 44 to which the Commons have disagreed and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments Nos. 61A to 61C in lieu thereof. I spoke to the amendments with Amendment No. 28E.

Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.