Regulation 18 Consultation
Subject to paragraph (2), as part of the selection process under section 27(1) of the 2005 Act, a selection commission must consult each of the following—
such of the senior judges who are not members of the selection commission and who are not willing to be considered for selection;
the Lord Chancellor;
the First Minister in Scotland;
the First Minister for Wales;
the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.
If for any part of the United Kingdom no judge of the courts of that part is to be consulted under paragraph (1)(a), the selection commission must consult as part of the selection process the most senior judge of the courts of that part who is not a member of the selection commission and who is not willing to be considered for selection.