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The Judicial Appointments (Amendment) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/2898 · Made 3 November 2014

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Tribunals And Inquiries

Judicial Appointments And Discipline

Made 3rd November 2014

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

The Lord Chancellor makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 51(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007f1.

The Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and the Judicial Appointments Commission in accordance with section 51(9) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

A draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 51(14) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c. 15; section 51 was amended by the Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), Schedule 21, paragraph 162.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Judicial Appointments Order 2008
  3. 3Amendment of the Judicial Appointments Order 2008
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Judicial Appointments (Amendment) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2Amendment of the Judicial Appointments Order 2008

The Judicial Appointments Order 2008f1 is amended as follows.

3Amendment of the Judicial Appointments Order 2008

In Schedule 2 (Offices for Which a Registered Patent Agent or a Registered Trade Mark Agent Holds a Relevant Qualification), before “Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Copyright Tribunal appointed under section 145(2) of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988” insert—

“Appointed person within the meaning of section 27A(1)(a) of the Registered Designs Act 1949f1”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Shailesh Vara

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

3rd November 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that a Registered Patent Attorney or a Registered Trade Mark Attorney holds a relevant qualification in relation to the judicial appointment eligibility condition under section 50 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and, on meeting the required qualification period (5 years as at the date of this Order), is eligible to be a person appointed under section 27A of the Registered Designs Act 1949.