Part 3The Supreme Court
Appointment of judges
29The Lord Chancellor's options
(1)
This section refers to the following stages—
Stage 1: | where a person has been selected under section 27 |
Stage 2: | where a person has been selected following a rejection or reconsideration at stage 1 |
Stage 3: | where a person has been selected following a rejection or reconsideration at stage 2. |
(2)
At stage 1 the Lord Chancellor must do one of the following—
(a)
notify the selection;
(b)
reject the selection;
(c)
require the commission to reconsider the selection.
(3)
At stage 2 the Lord Chancellor must do one of the following—
(a)
notify the selection;
(b)
reject the selection, but only if it was made following a reconsideration at stage 1;
(c)
require the commission to reconsider the selection, but only if it was made following a rejection at stage 1.
(4)
At stage 3 the Lord Chancellor must notify the selection, unless subsection (5) applies and he makes a notification under it.
(5)
If a person whose selection the Lord Chancellor required to be reconsidered at stage 1 or 2 was not selected again at the next stage, the Lord Chancellor may at stage 3 notify that person's name to the Prime Minister.
(6)
In this Part references to the Lord Chancellor notifying a selection are references to his notifying to the Prime Minister the name of the person selected.