Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Constitutional Reform Act 2005;

• “advisory committee” means one of the Lord Chancellor’s advisory committees on the appointment of justices of the peace;

• “business day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday or a bank holiday, and “bank holiday” includes Christmas Day and Good Friday;

• “case” means a complaint made under regulations 8, 9 or 10 or a referral made under regulation 13;

• “complaint” means a complaint containing an allegation of misconduct by a judicial office holder;

• “disciplinary action” means the exercise by the Lord Chancellor of his power to remove a person from an office listed in Schedule 14 to the Act; the exercise by the Lord Chief Justice of his powers under section 108(3), (4)(b) and (c) and (5) of the Act; or a decision to move an Address for the removal of a senior judge by both Houses of Parliament;

• “judicial office holder” means a senior judge, a holder of an office listed in Schedule 14 to the Act, or the holder of an office which has been designated by an order under section 118 of the Act^f1;

• “justice of the peace” means a justice of the peace who is not a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts);

• “President” in relation to a tribunal means a President or other judicial office holder with disciplinary responsibility for tribunal members and includes any judicial office holder designated to exercise such disciplinary responsibility under rules made under regulation 10;

• “the subject of the disciplinary proceedings” means the judicial office holder whose conduct is being considered in accordance with these regulations.

In these regulations, a reference to the Lord Chief Justice is to be read—