{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/12",
  "legislation_title": "Inquiries Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiries-act-2005",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Appointment of judge as panel member",
  "text": "(1) If the Minister proposes to appoint as a member of an inquiry panel a particular person who is a judge of a description specified in the first column of the following table, he must first consult the person specified in the second column.\nDescription of judge\nPerson to be consulted\nLord of Appeal in Ordinary\nThe senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary\nJudge of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, or Circuit judge\nThe Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales\nJudge of the Court of Session, sheriff principal , sheriff or summary sheriff\nThe Lord President of the Court of Session\nJudge of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland, or county court judge in Northern Ireland\nThe Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland\n(2) In this section “ sheriff principal ” and “ sheriff ” have the same meaning as in the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 10(1) substituted (S.) (1.4.2015) by The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/150), art. 1, Sch. para. 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 10(2) repealed (S.) (1.4.2015) by The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/150), art. 1, Sch. para. 8(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/12/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:11.053471+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."
}