SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12The Judicial Appointments Commission

Part 1The Commissioners

4The Commissioners

1

A judicial member is a person who holds an office listed in paragraph 2(3) and who is not a practising lawyer.

2

A professional member is a person who is—

a

a practising barrister in England and Wales, or

b

a practising solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

3

A lay member is a person resident in England or Wales who has never held a listed judicial office or been a practising lawyer.

4

A lay justice member is a justice of the peace who—

a

holds no other listed judicial office, or no other except that of General Commissioner,

b

is not a practising barrister in England and Wales, and

c

is not a practising solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.