# Courts Act 1971, Section 17: Retirement, removal and disqualifications of Circuit judge.

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to subsection (4) below ... a Circuit judge shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 75.
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(4) The Lord Chancellor may, if he thinks fit and if the Lord Chief Justice agrees, remove a Circuit judge from office on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/23/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-1971/section-17
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