Constitutional Reform Act 2005

Vice-chairman

11 (1) The Commissioner who is the most senior of the persons appointed as judicial members is vice-chairman of the Commission.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) seniority is by office held at the time (first Lord Justice of Appeal, then puisne judge, then circuit judge, then the offices mentioned in paragraph 2(3)(e));

(b) between two holders of one of those offices, the person who has served longest in the office (over one or more periods) is the senior.

(3) In the absence of the chairman, the vice-chairman may exercise the chairman’s functions other than under the following provisions—

(a) paragraph 8(7);

(b) section 71;

(c) section 80.