Part 4Judicial appointments and discipline

Chapter 2Appointments

Lord Chief Justice and Heads of Division

73The Lord Chancellor's options

1

This section refers to the following stages—

Stage 1:

where a person has been selected under section 70

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

accept the selection;

b

reject the selection;

c

require the selection panel to reconsider the selection.

3

At stage 2 the Lord Chancellor must do one of the following—

a

accept the selection;

b

reject the selection, but only if it was made following a reconsideration at stage 1;

c

require the selection panel to reconsider the selection, but only if it was made following a rejection at stage 1.

4

At stage 3 the Lord Chancellor must accept the selection, unless subsection (5) applies and he accepts a selection 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, accept the selection made at that earlier stage.