{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-12/paragraph-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-12/paragraph-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations made with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice—\n(a) provide for a Commissioner to cease to be a Commissioner on ceasing, or on ceasing for a particular reason, to be eligible for appointment as a Commissioner;\n(b) provide for a Commissioner other than the chairman to cease to be a Commissioner on ceasing, or on ceasing for a particular reason, to be eligible for appointment as a Commissioner of a particular description;\n(c) provide for the chairman—\n(i) to cease to be the chairman without ceasing to be a Commissioner, or\n(ii) to cease to be the chairman and cease to be a Commissioner,\non ceasing, or on ceasing for a particular reason, to be eligible for appointment as the chairman;\n(d) confer power to disapply or suspend the operation of provision under paragraph (a), (b) or (c) in individual cases.\n(4) A Commissioner ceases to be a Commissioner if he becomes employed in the civil service of the State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 14(1) substituted for Sch. 12 para. 14(1)(2) (4.9.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 23; S.I. 2013/2200, art. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/12/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:37.085861+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}