Regulation 4 Composition of the CommissionI1
United Kingdom
Of the 7 Commissioners who are appointed as holders of judicial office—
1 must be a Lord Justice of Appeal;
1 must be a puisne judge of the High Court;
1 must be a senior tribunal office-holder member;
1 must be a circuit judge;
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 1981f1;
1 must be a holder of an office listed in paragraph (3);
1 must be a non-legally qualified judicial member.
The offices referred to in paragraph (2)(f) are—
judge of the First-tier Tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007f2;
transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2) of that Actf3);
Regional Employment Judge appointed under regulation 6(1) of the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2004f4;
Employment Judge (England and Wales) appointed under regulation 8(1) and (3)(a) of those Regulationsf5.
The qualifications referred to in paragraph (4) are—
barrister in England and Wales;
solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales;
fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in reg. 4(1) substituted (17.12.2025) by The Judicial Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1335), regs. 1(b), 2(3)(a)
- F2
Word in reg. 4(1)(c) substituted (17.12.2025) by The Judicial Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1335), regs. 1(b), 2(3)(b)
- F3
Word in reg. 4(4) substituted (17.12.2025) by The Judicial Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1335), regs. 1(b), 2(3)(c)
- F4
Reg. 4(b) substituted (17.12.2025) by The Judicial Appointments Commission (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1335), regs. 1(b), 2(3)(d)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 4 in force at 4.9.2013, see reg. 1
Footnotes
- f1
-
1981 c.54; section 89 was amended by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4), Schedule 3, paragraph 3 and by Schedule 11, paragraph 26.
- f2
- f3
- f4
-
S.I. 2004/1861, amended by S.I. 2008/2683.
- f5
-
S.I. 2004/1861, amended by S.I. 2008/2683 and 2008/3240.