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.