SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13Judicial appointments

Part 2Diversity

Maximum numbers of judges to be by reference to full-time equivalent numbers

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1

Section 2 (the Court of Appeal) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (composition of the Court of Appeal) for “of ex-officio judges and not more than 38 ordinary judges” substitute

of—

a

ex-officio judges, and

b

ordinary judges, of whom the maximum full-time equivalent number is 38

3

In subsection (4) (power to increase maximum number of ordinary judges) for “maximum number” substitute “ maximum full-time equivalent number ”.

4

After subsection (6) insert—

7

For the purposes of this section the full-time equivalent number of ordinary judges is to be calculated by taking the number of full-time ordinary judges and adding, for each ordinary judge who is not a full-time ordinary judge, such fraction as is reasonable.