Part I Constitution and Administration
F5District judges and deputy district judges
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
11 Tenure of office. C1
F11
This subsection applies to the office of district judge.
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4
A person appointed to an office to which subsection (1) applies shall hold that office during good behaviour.
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The power to remove such a person from his office on account of misbehaviour shall be exercisable by the Lord Chancellor F3, but only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice.
6
The Lord Chancellor may F4, with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, also remove such a person from his office on account of inability to perform the duties of his office.
S. 6 cross-heading substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 5(4); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)