Regulation 5 Composition of selection commission

(1)

The selection commission must consist of—

(a)

the Deputy President;

(b)

a senior UK judge nominated in accordance with regulation 7;

(c)

one member of each of the following bodies—

(i)

the Judicial Appointments Commission;

(ii)

the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland;

(iii)

the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.

(2)

Of the three members mentioned in paragraph (1)(c), at least two must be non-legally qualified.

(3)

Paragraph (4) applies where a person nominates a person to be a member of a selection commission under regulation 7 or 9(2).

(4)

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

(a)

both women and men; and

(b)

members drawn from a range of different racial groups (within the meaning of section 9(3) of the Equality Act 2010^f1).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2010 c.15.