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The Family Proceedings Courts (Constitution) (Metropolitan Area) Rules 1991

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5.—(1) A justice shall not be nominated to the panel unless-

(a)he is a justice who acts for the metropolitan area;

(b)he has acted as a justice for a minimum period of one year;

(c)he has indicated that he is willing to serve as a member of the panel and, where he is nominated for a term commencing on 14th October 1991, has undertaken that he intends to serve as a member of the panel for the full term specified in rule 4(2) above; and

(d)he is suitable, in the opinion of the Lord Chancellor, to serve as a member of the panel.

(2) A justice shall be eligible for nomination to the panel whether or not he–

(a)has been a member of the panel before, or

(b)is, or has been, a member of any other panel.

(3) The Lord Chancellor may remove from the panel any justice who, in his opinion, is unsuitable to serve on a family proceedings court.

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