Section 17 Retirement, removal and disqualifications of Circuit judge.

England and Wales

F1(1)

Subject to subsection (4) below F2... a Circuit judge shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of F375.

F4(2)

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(3)

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(4)

The Lord Chancellor may, if he thinks fit F5and if the Lord Chief Justice agrees, remove a Circuit judge from office on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.

F6(5)

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F7(6)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 17(1) substituted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 26, Sch. 6 para. 8(2); S.I. 1995/631, art. 2
F2: Words in s. 17(1) omitted (10.3.2022) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(2)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)
F3: Word in s. 17(1) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(2)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)
F4: S. 17(2)(3) repealed (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 26, Sch. 6 para. 8(3)(4), Sch.9; S.I. 1995/631, art. 2
F5: Words in s. 17(4) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 68; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(e)
F6: S. 17(5) repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3 and Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25), Sch. 3 Pt. I
F7: S. 17(6) repealed by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 76:1), s. 125(7), Sch. 20

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act: words substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(b)(d)