Part 2 U.K.Judicial appointments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 2 applied (E.W.) (7.1.2014) by Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1), s. 156(2), Sch. 11 para. 4(3); S.I. 2013/3140, art. 2(k)

C2 Pt. 2 applied (E.W.) (7.1.2014) by Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1), s. 156(2), Sch. 11 para. 3(3); S.I. 2013/3140, art. 2(k)

C3 2007 c. 15, Pt. 2 applied (E.W.) (prosp.) by Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1), ss. 120, 156, Sch. 11 para. 3(3)

C4 2007 c. 15, Pt. 2 applied (E.W.) (prosp.) by Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1), ss. 120, 156, Sch. 11 para. 4(3)

58 Appointment of temporary assistants to Judge Advocate General U.K.

[F1 After section 30(2) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (c. 46) (temporary assistants to Judge Advocate General) insert—

“(3) The Lord Chancellor may not appoint a holder of relevant office under subsection (2) without the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

(4) Section 85 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (selection of certain office holders) does not apply to an appointment to which subsection (3) applies.

(5) In subsection (3) “holder of relevant office” means a person who has, within the two years ending with the day on which this subsection comes into force, been appointed as judge advocate to a court-martial under—

(a) section 84B of the Army Act 1955,

(b) section 84B of the Air Force Act 1955, or

(c) section 53B of the Naval Discipline Act 1957.”]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 58 omitted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(c), Sch. 4 para. 14(3)