124 Appointment to sitting in retirement offices

124  Appointment to sitting in retirement offices

(1)     The appointing authority may appoint an eligible person to a sitting in retirement office if—

(a)     it appears to the appointing authority that it is expedient to make the appointment to facilitate the disposal of business in any court or tribunal to which a person appointed to the office in question may be deployed, and

(b)     the person is qualified for appointment to the corresponding original office.

(2)     “The appointing authority”, in relation to a sitting in retirement office, means—

(a)     where the corresponding original office is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3, the Lord Chief Justice;

(b)     where the corresponding original office is listed in Part 2 of Schedule 3, the Senior President of Tribunals;

(c)     where the corresponding original office is listed in Part 3 of Schedule 3, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;

(d)     where the corresponding original

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