Part 1The Judiciary
Lord Chief Justice
16 Complaints about holders of judicial office
(1)
The Lord Chief Justice must prepare a code of practice relating to the handling of complaints against any person who holds a protected judicial office.
(2)
The code must include provision for any complaints appearing to the Lord Chief Justice—
(a)
to involve a serious allegation of misbehaviour or inability to perform the functions of an office, and
(b)
to have a reasonable prospect of being substantiated,
to be referred to a tribunal for it to provide advice about any steps which should be taken to deal with the complaint.
(3)
The Lord Chief Justice may from time to time prepare a new code or make alterations to a code.
(4)
The Lord Chief Justice must publish each code prepared by him and any alterations which he makes to a code (or the code as altered).