Regulation 5 Membership of selection panel

A selection panel appointed under section 70(1) to select a person for appointment to the office of Lord Chief Justice must consist of five members.

The first member is the chairman of the Commission, unless paragraph (3) applies.

If—

the first member is a lay member of the Commission selected by the lay members of the Commission other than the chairman of the Commission.

The first member is the chairman of the selection panel.

The second member is the most senior England and Wales Supreme Court judge who is neither disqualified nor incapacitated, or that judge’s nominee.

The third member is a lay member of the Commission designated by the first member.

The fourth member is a member of the Commission designated by the first member.

The fifth member is a person designated by the Lord Chief Justice, unless paragraph (11) applies.

Before designating a person under paragraph (7) as the fourth member, the first member must, if practicable, consult the Lord Chief Justice.

Paragraph (11) applies if—

In that case the most senior England and Wales Supreme Court judge who is neither disqualified nor incapacitated must, after consulting the first member, nominate a holder of one of the offices listed in paragraph (12) to be the fifth member.

Only the following may be a nominee under paragraph (5) or (11) or a designated member under paragraph (8)—

The following also apply to nominees, or those designated, under this regulation—

A person is disqualified for the purposes of this regulation if—

Paragraph (16) applies where a person chooses a person to be a member of a selection panel (whether as a nominee, as a designated member or otherwise).

The person making the choice must, in doing so, have regard (alongside all other relevant considerations) to the fact that it is desirable that the members of the selection panel should include—