F115(1)After considering—
(a)any advice given by the Consultative Panel and any representations made about it;
(b)any advice given by the Director and any representations made about it; and
(c)the advice given by each of the designated judges (under paragraph 10 or 14 or both of those paragraphs),
the Lord Chancellor shall decide whether to grant the application.
(2)The Lord Chancellor may not refuse the application unless he has received advice from the Consultative Panel.
(3)When the Lord Chancellor has made his decision he shall notify the applicant of it.
(4)If the Lord Chancellor has decided to refuse the application he shall also notify the applicant of the reasons for his decision.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 substituted (1.1.2000) by 1999 c.22, s. 41, Sch. 5 para. 2 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 1999/3344, art. 2(a) (subject to art. 4, Sch. 2 of that S.I.)