Regulation 8 Amendments to the Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2006I1

in paragraph (1) omit from “Unless” until “investigated,”; and

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)

Where an account of facts given by a complainant differs from an account given by the judicial office holder about whom the complaint is made, the Office for Judicial Complaints must consult any independent evidence which exists which may verify the facts in dispute before it dismisses a complaint under paragraph (1), unless to do so would be disproportionate in all the circumstances.”.