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Regulation 22 Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider

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(1)

If under regulation 20 the Lord Chancellor rejects or requires a reconsideration of a selection, the selection commission must select a person in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

If the Lord Chancellor rejects a selection, the selection commission—

(a)

may not select the person rejected; and

(b)

where the rejection is following reconsideration of a selection, may not select the person (if different) whose selection it reconsidered.

(3)

If the Lord Chancellor requires the selection to be reconsidered, the selection commission—

(a)

may select the same person or a different person; but

(b)

where the requirement is following a rejection, may not select the person rejected.

(4)

The selection commission must inform the Lord Chancellor of the person selected following a rejection or requirement to reconsider.