.”, 30 (iii) in sub-paragraph (3), for “registered medical practitioners” substitute “appropriate healthcare professionals (as defined in accordance with sub- paragraph (2A))”, (b) in paragraph 10 for “a registered medical practitioner” substitute “an appropriate healthcare professional (see paragraph 5(2A))”. 35 ART 2 P TRIBUNAL MEMBERSHIP 8 Authorisation of judiciary to sit in Scottish Tribunals (1) Section 18 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 is modified as follows. 6 Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Tribunal membership (2) For subsection (1), substitute— “(1) If requested to do so by the President of Tribunals, the Scottish Ministers may issue a temporary authorisation— (a) for a person falling within subsection (1A) to assist in the disposal of the 5 business of the First-tier Tribunal, (b) for a person falling within subsection (2) to assist in the disposal of the business of the Upper Tribunal.”. (3) After subsection (1), insert— “(1A) A person falls within this subsection if the person is— 10 (a) a judge of a relevant UK court or tribunal, (b) a former judge of a relevant UK court or tribunal, (c) a judge of an overseas court or tribunal, or (d) a judge of an international court or tribunal.”. (4) In subsection (2)— 15 (a) the “or” at the end of paragraph (a)(iii) is repealed, (b) for paragraph (b), substitute— “(b) a judge of a relevant UK court or tribunal, (c) a former judge of a relevant UK court or tribunal, (d) a judge of an overseas court or tribunal, or 20 (e) a judge of an international court or tribunal.”. (5) In subsection (4), for “the Upper Tribunal” substitute “the Tribunal concerned”. (6) For subsection (8), substitute— “(8) In the case of a person mentioned in subsection (1A)(a), (c) or (d) or (2)(b), (d) or (e), subsections (1) and (5) are subject to such further arrangements as the 25 Scottish Ministers may make with a governmental or other body responsible for the administration of the court or tribunal concerned, or its judiciary, for the purposes of those subsections. (8A) In the case of a person mentioned in subsection (1A) or (2)(b), (c), (d) or (e), if the person has not previously taken the required oaths, the person must take 30 them in the presence of the President of Tribunals before acting as mentioned in subsection (4).”. (7) For subsection (10), substitute— “(10) In this section— “an international court or tribunal” means a court or tribunal which 35 exercises jurisdiction, or performs functions of a judicial nature, in pursuance of— (a) an agreement to which the United Kingdom or Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom is a party, or (b) a resolution of the Security Council or General Assembly of the 40 United Nations, Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Bill 7 Part 2—Tribunal membership “an overseas court or tribunal” means a court or tribunal established under the law of a country or territory outwith the United Kingdom, “a relevant UK court or tribunal” means a court or tribunal established under the law of one or more parts of the United Kingdom, excluding a 5 court or tribunal established under the law of Scotland only, “the required oaths” means the oaths of allegiance and the judicial oath as set out in the Promissory Oaths Act 1868.”. 9 Consequential modifications (1) The Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 is modified as follows. 10 (2) In section 14— (a) in subsection (2)(b), for “the Upper Tribunal” substitute “the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal (as the case may be)”, (b) in subsection (3)(b), after second “of” insert “the First-tier Tribunal or”. (3) In section 19— 15 (a) in subsection (3), after “member” insert “of the First-tier Tribunal or”, (b) for subsection (4), substitute— “(4) In this Act— (a) a reference to an extra...