# The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, Regulation 8: Amendments to the Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2006

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

In regulation 14 (consideration of a complaint by the Office for Judicial Complaints)—
(a) in paragraph (1) omit from “Unless” until “investigated,”; and
(b) 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2098/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-discipline-prescribed-procedures-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-8
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