# The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2006, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) 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;
“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.
(2) In these regulations, a reference to the Lord Chief Justice is to be read—
(a) in relation to a judicial office holder who exercises functions wholly or mainly in Scotland, as a reference to the Lord President of the Court of Session;
(b) in relation to a judicial office holder who exercises functions wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland, as a reference to the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;
(c) otherwise, as a reference to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/676/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-discipline-prescribed-procedures-regulations-2006/regulation-2
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