12
c. 56
Interception
of Communications Act 1985
SCHEDULES
Section 7.
SCHEDULE
1
Tim TiusuNAL
Constitution of Tribunal
1.--(1) The Tribunal shall consist of five members each of whom
shall be a barrister, advocate or solicitor of not less than ten years'
standing.
(2) The members of the Tribunal shall be such persons as Her
Majesty may by Letters Patent appoint and shall, subject to the
following sub-paragraphs, hold office during good behaviour.
(3) A member of the Tribunal shall vacate office at the end of the
period of five years beginning with the day of his appointment but
shall be eligible for reappointment.
(4) A member of the Tribunal may be relieved of office by Her
Majesty at his own request.
(5) A member of the Tribunal may be removed from office by
Her Majesty on an Address presented to Her by both Houses of
Parliament.
President and Vice-President
2.-(1) Her Majesty may by Letters Patent appoint as President or
Vice-President of the Tribunal a person who is, or by virtue of those
Letters will be, a member of the Tribunal.
(2) If at any time the President of the Tribunal is temporarily
unable to carry out the functions of the President under this Schedule,
the Vice-President shall carry out those functions.
(3) A person shall cease to be President or Vice-President of the
Tribunal if he ceases to be a member of the Tribunal.
Procedure of Tribunal
3. The functions of the Tribunal in relation to any application
made to them shall be capable of being carried out, in any place
in the United Kingdom, by any two or more members of the Tribunal
designated for the purpose by their President ; and different members
of the Tribunal may carry out functions in relation to different applications at the same time.
4.-(1) It shall be the duty of every person holding office under the
Crown or engaged in the business of the Post Office or in the running
of a public telecommunications system to disclose or give to the
Tribunal such documents or information as they may require for the
purpose of enabling them to carry out their functions under this Act.
(2) Subject to paragraph 6(2) below, the Tribunal shall carry out
their functions under this Act (except their functions in relation to
reports under section 7(4) of this Act) in such a way as to secure that
no document or information which is disclosed or given to the