# The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2014, Regulation 14: Removal when other disciplinary power is recommended


(1) This regulation applies where—
(a) advice has been provided to the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor by a person who or a body that has conducted an investigation into a case in accordance with rules made under regulation 7; and
(b) that advice does not recommend the removal or suspension of an office holder from office but the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice consider removal or suspension to be the appropriate disciplinary action.
(2) The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice must constitute a disciplinary panel and refer the complaint to it.
(3) The disciplinary panel must—
(a) investigate the case in accordance with rules made under regulation 7; and
(b) advise the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice whether disciplinary action should be taken, and if so, what disciplinary action should be taken.
(4) The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice must consider the advice provided by the disciplinary panel before making a decision in accordance with regulation 15.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1919/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-discipline-prescribed-procedures-regulations-2014/regulation-14
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