SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12The Judicial Appointments Commission
Part 1The Commissioners
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.