Section 122 Interpretation of Part 4

In this Part—

• “appoint” includes nominate or designate (and “appointment” is to be read accordingly);

• the “Commission” means the Judicial Appointments Commission;

• “Head of Division” means any of these—

  1. (a)

     the Master of the Rolls;

  2. (b)

     the President of the Queen's Bench Division;

  3. (c)

     the President of the Family Division;

  4. (d)

     the F1President of the Business and Property Division;

• “High Court” means the High Court in England and Wales;

• “high judicial office” has the meaning given by section 60;

• F2“lay member”, in relation to the Commission, has such meaning as may be given by regulations under paragraph 3C(a) of Schedule 12;

• “Lord Chief Justice”, unless otherwise stated, means the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;

• “Lord Justice of Appeal” means a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales;

• “office” includes a position of any description;

• the “Ombudsman” means the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under section 115 or, subject to section 117(2), by rules under section 117;

• “vacancy” in relation to an office to which one of sections 68, 77 and 86 applies, means a vacancy arising on a holder of the office vacating it at any time after the commencement of that section.