# The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2023, Regulation 14: Removal or suspension when other disciplinary power is recommended


(1) This regulation applies where—
(a) advice has been provided to the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice by a person who, or a body that, has investigated 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 sanction.
(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 a disciplinary sanction should be issued, and if so, what disciplinary sanction should be issued.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1005/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-discipline-prescribed-procedures-regulations-2023/regulation-14
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