SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12The Judicial Appointments Commission

Part 1The Commissioners

The Commissioners

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(1)

The chairman must be a lay member.

(2)

Of the other Commissioners—

(a)

5 must be judicial members,

(b)

2 must be professional members,

(c)

5 must be lay members,

(d)

1 other must be the holder of an office listed in Part 3 of Schedule 14, and

(e)

1 other must be a lay justice member.

(3)

Of the Commissioners appointed as judicial members—

(a)

1 must be a Lord Justice of Appeal;

(b)

1 must be a puisne judge of the High Court;

(c)

1 other must be either a Lord Justice of Appeal or a puisne judge of the High Court;

(d)

1 must be a circuit judge;

(e)

1 must be a district judge of a county court, a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) or a person appointed to an office under section 89 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54).

(4)

Of the Commissioners appointed as professional members—

(a)

1 must be a practising barrister in England and Wales;

(b)

1 must be a practising solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

(5)

A Commissioner is not to be taken into account for the purposes of any paragraph of sub-paragraph (2) unless he was appointed for the purposes of that paragraph.