70Selection processU.K.
(1)On receiving a request the Commission must appoint a selection panel.
(2)The panel must—
(a)determine the selection process to be applied,
(b)apply the selection process, and
(c)make a selection accordingly.
[F1(2A)In determining the selection process to be applied, the panel must ensure that the process—
(a)includes consultation of the Lord Chancellor, and
(b)if the request relates to a recommendation for an appointment to the office of Lord Chief Justice, also includes consultation of the First Minister for Wales.]
(3)One person only must be selected for each recommendation to which a request relates.
(4)Subsection (3) applies to selection under this section and to selection under section 75.
(5)If practicable the panel must consult, about the exercise of its functions under this section, the current holder of the office for which a selection is to be made.
(6)A selection panel is a committee of the Commission.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 70(2A) inserted (25.4.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(11)(a), Sch. 13 para. 82(2) (with Sch. 13 para. 82(5))