Section 1 Additional Lords of Appeal.
United Kingdom
F1. . . except in the event of the number of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary being at any time less than seven, His Majesty shall not be advised to make an appointment to fill any vacancy among them unless the Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of F2the Treasury, is satisfied that the state of business requires that the vacancy should be filled.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1968 (c. 5), Sch.
- F2
Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1981/1670, arts. 2, 3(5)
- F3
S. 1(2) repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1968 (c. 5), Sch.
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 145, 146, 148(1), Sch. 17 para. 14, Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(e)(f)