# The Judicial Appointments Commission Regulations 2013, Regulation 4: Composition of the Commission

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Of the 15 other Commissioners—
(a) 7 must be holders of judicial office,
(b) 5 must be lay members, and
(c) 3 must be persons practising or employed as lawyers.
(2) Of the 7 Commissioners who are appointed as holders of judicial office—
(a) 1 must be a Lord Justice of Appeal;
(b) 1 must be a puisne judge of the High Court;
(c) 1 must be a senior tribunal office-holder member;
(d) 1 must be a circuit judge;
(e) 1 must be a district judge of a county court, a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) or a person appointed to an office under section 89 of the Senior Courts Act 1981;
(f) 1 must be a holder of an office listed in paragraph (3);
(g) 1 must be a non-legally qualified judicial member.
(3) The offices referred to in paragraph (2)(f) are—
(a) judge of the First-tier Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;
(b) transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2) of that Act);
(c) Regional Employment Judge appointed under regulation 6(1) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004;
(d) Employment Judge (England and Wales) appointed under regulation 8(1) and (3)(a) of those Regulations.
(4) Of the 3 Commissioners appointed who are persons practising or employed as lawyers—
(a) each person must hold a qualification listed in paragraph (5),
(b) but they must each hold a different qualification.
(5) The qualifications referred to in paragraph (4) are—
(a) barrister in England and Wales;
(b) solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales;
(c) fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2191/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-appointments-commission-regulations-2013/regulation-4
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