{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/schedule-12/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/schedule-12/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 5 is subject to the following provisions of this paragraph.\n(2) In the case of a person who qualifies for appointment under—\n(a) paragraph (1)(a), or\n(b) paragraph (1)(d) by virtue of holding or having held judicial office in England and Wales,\nthat power shall only be exercisable with the consent of the Lord Chancellor, which may only be given with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.\n(3) In the case of a person who qualifies for appointment under—\n(a) paragraph (1)(b), or\n(b) paragraph (1)(d) by virtue of holding or having held judicial office in Scotland,\nthat power shall only be exercisable with the consent of the Lord President of the Court of Session.\n(4) In the case of a person who qualifies for appointment under—\n(a) paragraph (1)(c), or\n(b) paragraph (1)(d) by virtue of holding or having held judicial office in Northern Ireland,\nthat power shall only be exercisable with the consent of the ... Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 6 substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 196; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 10, 11(r)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words Sch. 12 para. 6(4) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 4(2) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/12/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:56.668542+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."
}