Regulation 31 Review of documents

A review body shall have access to the documents which the Office for Judicial Complaints, an advisory committee, a President, the nominated judge, the investigating judge, the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice have used for the purpose of exercising their functions under these regulations or under rules made under these regulations.

The review body must initially review the case on the basis of those documents and of any statement under regulation 29(4)(b) which the judicial office holder has provided (“the regulation 29 statement”).

After considering the documents and any regulation 29 statement, the review body may either proceed under regulation 32 or under regulation 33.