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Article 5 Eligibility and removal

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(1)

A justice shall not be nominated to the panel unless-

(a)

he is a justice who acts for the metropolitan area;

(b)

he has acted as a justice for a minimum period of one year;

(c)

he has indicated that he is willing to serve as a member of the panel and, where he is nominated for a term commencing on 14th October 1991, has undertaken that he intends to serve as a member of the panel for the full term specified in rule 4(2) above; and

(d)

he is suitable, in the opinion of the Lord Chancellor, to serve as a member of the panel.

(2)

A justice shall be eligible for nomination to the panel whether or not he–

(a)

has been a member of the panel before, or

(b)

is, or has been, a member of any other panel.

(3)

The Lord Chancellor may remove from the panel any justice who, in his opinion, is unsuitable to serve on a family proceedings court.