(1)This section refers to the following stages—
| Stage 1: | where a person has been selected under section 27 |
| Stage 2: | where a person has been selected following a rejection or reconsideration at stage 1 |
| Stage 3: | where a person has been selected following a rejection or reconsideration at stage 2. |
(2)At stage 1 the Lord Chancellor must do one of the following—
(a)notify the selection;
(b)reject the selection;
(c)require the commission to reconsider the selection.
(3)At stage 2 the Lord Chancellor must do one of the following—
(a)notify the selection;
(b)reject the selection, but only if it was made following a reconsideration at stage 1;
(c)require the commission to reconsider the selection, but only if it was made following a rejection at stage 1.
(4)At stage 3 the Lord Chancellor must notify the selection, unless subsection (5) applies and he makes a notification under it.
(5)If a person whose selection the Lord Chancellor required to be reconsidered at stage 1 or 2 was not selected again at the next stage, the Lord Chancellor may at stage 3 notify that person's name to the Prime Minister.
(6)In this Part references to the Lord Chancellor notifying a selection are references to his notifying to the Prime Minister the name of the person selected.