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.