Part 3The Supreme Court
Appointment of judges
26Selection of members of the Court
(1)
This section applies to a recommendation for an appointment to one of the following offices—
(a)
judge of the Supreme Court;
(b)
President of the Court;
(c)
Deputy President of the Court.
(2)
A recommendation may be made only by the Prime Minister.
(3)
The Prime Minister—
(a)
must recommend any person whose name is notified to him under section 29;
(b)
may not recommend any other person.
(4)
A person who is not a judge of the Court must be recommended for appointment as a judge if his name is notified to the Prime Minister for an appointment as President or Deputy President.
(5)
If there is a vacancy in one of the offices mentioned in subsection (1), or it appears to him that there will soon be such a vacancy, the Lord Chancellor must convene a selection commission for the selection of a person to be recommended.
(6)
Schedule 8 is about selection commissions.
(7)
Subsection (5) is subject to Part 3 of that Schedule.
(8)
Sections 27 to 31 apply where a selection commission is convened under this section.