SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Supreme Court selection commissions

Part 3Duty to convene commission: special rules

Selection commission for the office of Deputy President

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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—

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.