Valid from 02/10/2006
69Request for selectionU.K.
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(1)The Lord Chancellor may make a request to the Commission for a person to be selected for a recommendation to which this section applies.
(2)Before making a request the Lord Chancellor must consult the Lord Chief Justice.
(3)Subsection (2) does not apply where the office of Lord Chief Justice is vacant or where the Lord Chief Justice is incapacitated for the purposes of section 16 (functions during vacancy or incapacity).
(4)Sections 70 to 75 apply where the Lord Chancellor makes a request under this section.
(5)Those sections are subject to section 95 (withdrawal and modification of requests).