# The Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution) (Metropolitan Area) Rules 1991, Article 5: Eligibility and removal


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1426/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-constitution-metropolitan-area-rules-1991/article-5
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