{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-supreme-court-judicial-appointments-regulations-2013/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111100233",
  "legislation_title": "The Supreme Court (Judicial Appointments) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-supreme-court-judicial-appointments-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Senior UK judge",
  "text": "(1) Unless paragraph (2) or (3) applies, the President—\n(a) must nominate a senior UK judge who is not disqualified under regulation 16; and\n(b) when making such a nomination must have due regard to the territorial composition of the selection commission.\n(2) Where—\n(a) the office of President is already vacant; or\n(b) it appears to the Lord Chancellor that the person holding the office of President is for the time being incapacitated,\nthe Deputy President (unless the Deputy President is disqualified under regulation 16) must nominate a senior UK judge in accordance with paragraph (1) to sit on the selection commission.\n(3) Where paragraph (2) applies and the Deputy President is disqualified under regulation 16, the most senior ordinary judge must nominate a senior UK judge in accordance with paragraph (1) to sit on the selection commission.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111100233/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:15:33.247813+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}