{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-appointments-commission-regulations-2013/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-appointments-commission-regulations-2013/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111100202",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Appointments Commission Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-judicial-appointments-commission-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Cessation of office",
  "text": "(1) A Commissioner—\n(a) in the case of the chairman, ceases to be a Commissioner (and chairman) on ceasing to be a lay member;\n(b) in the case of a holder of judicial office, ceases to be a Commissioner on ceasing to fall within the sub-paragraph of paragraph (2) of regulation 4 for the purpose of which he or she was appointed.\n(c) in the case of a Commissioner who is practising or employed as a lawyer, ceases to be a Commissioner on ceasing to practice or be employed as a lawyer or on ceasing to fall within paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 4 for the purpose of which he or she was appointed;\n(d) in the case of a lay member, ceases to be a Commissioner on ceasing to be a lay member.\n(2) But if (before or after an event within paragraph (1)) the Lord Chancellor directs in a particular case that that paragraph is to be disregarded for a period specified in the direction, the person continues to be a Commissioner until the end of that period, subject to the terms of his or her appointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111100202/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:15:34.521286+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."
}