New Chair to oversee Administrative Justice in Wales
(07 March 2008)
Professor Sir Adrian Webb has been nominated as the first Chair of the Welsh Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council, which will come into being on 1 June 2008.
First Minister for Wales, Rhodri Morgan, has named Professor Sir Adrian Webb as the first Chair of the Welsh Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (AJTC). The Chair is also a member of the AJTC itself. Sir Adrian will commence his appointment as Chair on 1 June 2008 but will become a member of the AJTC itself on 1 May 2008.
The Welsh Committee of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council will come into being on 1 June 2008. The Welsh Committee will take the lead in overseeing administrative justice, tribunals and inquiries in Wales, including the working in Wales of tribunals which also sit in other parts of the UK, as well as tribunals which operate only in Wales. The Welsh Committee comprises one member of the AJTC itself (appointed by the Welsh Ministers with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and Scottish Ministers) plus a further three members appointed solely by Welsh Ministers.
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