# The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2006, Regulation 20: Nomination of investigating judge


(1) When a case is to be subject to judicial investigation, the Lord Chief Justice with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor shall nominate a judicial office holder or a former judicial office holder to be the investigating judge.
(2) The investigating judge must be of a higher judicial rank than the subject of the disciplinary proceedings.
(3) In relation to a former judicial office holder, reference to his judicial rank means the rank he held immediately before he ceased to hold judicial office.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/676/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-discipline-prescribed-procedures-regulations-2006/regulation-20
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