Constitutional Reform Act 2005

85 Selection of puisne judges and other office holders

(1) Sections 86 to 93 apply to—

(a) a recommendation for an appointment to the office of puisne judge of the High Court;

(b) a recommendation for an appointment to an office listed in Part 1 of Schedule 14 in exercise of Her Majesty’s function under the enactment listed opposite that office;

(c) an appointment to an office listed in Part 2 or 3 of that Schedule in exercise of the Lord Chancellor’s function under the enactment listed opposite that office.

(2) Any such recommendation or appointment must be made in accordance with those sections and section 96.

(3) The Lord Chancellor may by order make any of the following amendments to Schedule 14—

(a) an amendment which adds a reference to an enactment under which appointments are made to an office;

(b) an amendment which adds a reference to an office to which appointments are made under an enactment;

(c) an amendment consequential on the abolition or change of name of an office;

(d) an amendment consequential on the substitution of one or more enactments for an enactment under which appointments are made to an office.