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80Selection panel
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(1)The selection panel must consist of four members.

(2)The first member is the Lord Chief Justice, or his nominee.

(3)The second member is a Head of Division or Lord Justice of Appeal designated by the Lord Chief Justice.

(4)Unless subsection (7) applies, the third member is the chairman of the Commission or his nominee.

(5)The fourth member is a lay member of the Commission designated by the third member.

(6)Subsection (7) applies if—

(a)there is no chairman of the Commission, or

(b)the chairman of the Commission is unavailable and has not nominated a person under subsection (4).

(7)In those cases the third member is a lay member of the Commission selected by the lay members of the Commission other than the chairman.

(8)A nominee of the Lord Chief Justice must be a Head of Division or a Lord Justice of Appeal.

(9)A person may not be appointed to the panel if he is willing to be considered for selection.

(10)A person may not be appointed to the panel as the nominee of more than one person.

(11)A person appointed to the panel otherwise than as a nominee may not be a nominee.

(12)The first member is the chairman of the panel.

(13)On any vote by the panel the chairman of the panel has an additional, casting vote in the event of a tie.

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