13(1)Any duty imposed on the Lord Chancellor under this Act to convene a selection commission for the office of Deputy President does not apply if any of the following conditions are met at the time when the Lord Chancellor should convene that commission—U.K.
(a)a selection commission for the office of President has been convened and not dissolved;
(b)the Lord Chancellor is under a duty to convene such a selection commission.
(2)Where sub-paragraph (1) applies, the Lord Chancellor must convene a selection commission for the office of Deputy President as soon as practicable after [F1a person has been selected as a result of the convening of] a selection commission in respect of the vacancy in the office of President.
(3)Sub-paragraph (1) applies to the duty under sub-paragraph (2) to convene a commission as it applies to all other such duties.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 8 para. 13(2) substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 7(11); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(d) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2193, reg. 23)