Regulation 2 Appointment

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 2(1) words substituted by Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) 2006 Sch. 1 para. 64(2)
reg. 2(3)(c) words inserted by Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) 2006 Sch. 1 para. 64(3)
reg. 2(4) inserted by Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) 2006 Sch. 1 para. 64(4)

(1)

The Lord Chancellor may, in order to facilitate the disposal of the business of the adjudicator, appoint a person to carry out the functions of the adjudicator during any vacancy in that office.

(2)

To be qualified for appointment under paragraph (1), a person must hold the office of district judge (as defined in section 74(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990^f1).

(3)

The person appointed shall carry out the functions of the adjudicator during the vacancy, unless within that period, he:—

(a)

dies; or

(b)

resigns by giving notice in writing to the Lord Chancellor; or

(c)

is removed by the Lord Chancellor on the grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1990 c. 41.