{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/section-67",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/section-67.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005",
  "path": "section/67",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "67",
  "heading": "Selection of Lord Chief Justice and Heads of Division",
  "text": "(1) Sections 68 to 70 apply to a recommendation for an appointment to one of the following offices—\n(a) Lord Chief Justice;\n(b) Master of the Rolls;\n(c) President of the Queen's Bench Division;\n(d) President of the Family Division;\n(e) President of the Business and Property Division.\n(2) Any such recommendation must be made in accordance with those sections and section 94C and regulations made under it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 67(1) substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 56(a); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(e) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2192, regs. 48, 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 67(1)(e) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/723), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 23(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 67(2) substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 56(b); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(e) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2192, regs. 48, 49)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/section/67",
    "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."
}