Regulation 8 Chairman of selection commission

(1)

The chairman of the selection commission must be—

(a)

a member of one of the bodies referred to in regulation 5(1)(c); and

(b)

non-legally qualified.

(2)

The first selection commission convened on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force must be chaired by a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission who has been nominated by the Judicial Appointments Commission to be chairman of the selection commission.

(3)

Thereafter, the chairmanship of any selection commissions subsequently convened must be rotated between the following in the order that they are listed—

(a)

the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland;

(b)

the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission;

(c)

the Judicial Appointments Commission.

(4)

The chairman is to be nominated by the body of which he or she is a member.