Regulation 7 Holder of judicial office

Subject to paragraph (2), a holder of judicial office is a person who holds an office listed in regulation 4(2) and does not include a person who is appointed as a Commissioner as a person who is practising or employed as a lawyer.

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 20 (Committees of the Judicial Appointments Commission) of Schedule 12 to the 2005 Act^f1, a holder of judicial office is a person who holds an office listed in regulation 4(2)(a) to (f) of these Regulations.