Regulation 9 Selection of Commissioners by a panel
(1)
This regulation applies to the selection of a person as the chairman of the Commission and any other Commissioner except a Commissioner who is a Lord Justice of Appeal, a puisne judge of the High Court or a senior tribunal office-holder member.
(2)
The Lord Chancellor may recommend a person for appointment as a Commissioner only if—
(a)
the Lord Chancellor has requested a panel appointed by him or her to select a person or (as the panel may determine) more than one person for the purposes of such a recommendation, and
(b)
the person the Lord Chancellor recommends is the person or one of the persons selected.
(3)
The Lord Chancellor may appoint different panels for the purposes of different requests.