2(1)Section 23 (establishment of the Supreme Court) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (2) (Supreme Court consists of 12 judges)—
(a)for “12 judges appointed” substitute “ the persons appointed as its judges ”, and
(b)after “by letters patent” insert “ , but no appointment may cause the full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court at any time to be more than 12 ”.
(3)In subsection (3) (power to increase number of members of the Court) before “number” insert “ maximum full-time equivalent ”.
(4)In subsection (7) (Court is duly constituted despite vacancy in membership or presiding offices) omit “among the judges of the Court or”.
(5)After that subsection insert—
“(8)For the purposes of this section, the full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court is to be calculated by taking the number of full-time judges and adding, for each judge who is not a full-time judge, such fraction as is reasonable.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 13 para. 2 in force at 1.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(d) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2193, reg. 23)