In this Part—

• “appoint” includes nominate or designate (and “appointment” is to be read accordingly);

• the “Commission” means the Judicial Appointments Commission;

• “Head of Division” means any of these—

  1. a

     the Master of the Rolls;

  2. b

     the President of the Queen’s Bench Division;

  3. c

     the President of the Family Division;

  4. d

     the Chancellor of the High Court;

• “High Court” means the High Court in England and Wales;

• “high judicial office” has the meaning given by section 60;

• “lay member” of the Commission has the meaning given by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12;

• “Lord Chief Justice”, unless otherwise stated, means the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;

• “Lord Justice of Appeal” means a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales;

• “office” includes a position of any description;

• the “Ombudsman” means the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under section 115 or, subject to section 117(2), by rules under section 117;

• “vacancy” in relation to an office to which one of sections 68, 77 and 86 applies, means a vacancy arising on a holder of the office vacating it at any time after the commencement of that section.