Paragraph 6 I1

Amend section 7 as follows.

In subsection (2) for “First Minister and deputy First Minister, acting jointly” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.

In subsection (3) for “First Minister and deputy First Minister” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.

In subsection (4) for “them” substitute “ the Lord Chief Justice ”.

Omit subsection (5).

After subsection (6) insert—

“(6A)

If the Lord Chief Justice does not remove or suspend a person (“P”) in accordance with a recommendation as mentioned in subsection (3) or (4), the Lord Chief Justice must notify the following of the Lord Chief Justice's reasons for not removing or suspending P—

(a)

P;

(b)

the tribunal;

(c)

if the tribunal was convened by the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman, the Ombudsman.”

In subsection (7)—