Regulation 6 Selection of the committee
The selection panel shall decide by vote the method it wishes to adopt for the selection of members of the committee and in the event of an equality of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote.
The committee shall inform the clerk to the selection panel of the number of members, subject to regulation 11, it wishes to be selected to take office on 1st April in each year, by 31st December of the preceding year.
The selection panel shall—
select the number of members requested by the committee to take office on 1st April 1995 in relation to inner London and 1st October 1995 elsewhere, and
thereafter annually select the number of members requested by the committee to take office on 1st April of each year.
The selection panel shall make the selection referred to in paragraph (3) from those candidates whose written notice of candidature has been received by the clerk to the committee in accordance with regulation 7.
If the selection panel chooses to select the members of the committee by vote, each member of the selection panel shall have one vote per vacancy, and in the event of an equality of votes between any candidates the choice of those members of the selection panel representing the greater number of justices shall prevail.
If, notwithstanding paragraph (5), the matter remains unresolved, the chairman shall have a casting vote.
The selection panel shall have made the selection and shall notify the candidates of the result no later than 28th February each year.
If for any reason there are insufficient candidates to fill the number of vacancies on the committee, the selection panel shall appoint a justice to the vacancy.