30Assistants to Judge Advocate General
(1)For the purpose of assisting the Judge Advocate General in the exercise and performance of his powers and duties there shall be—
(a)an officer to be known as the Vice Judge Advocate General, to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor ; and
(b)such number of officers to be known as Assistant Judge Advocates General, and such number of officers to be known as Deputy Judge Advocates, to be appointed in each case by the Lord Chancellor, as the Lord Chancellor, with the approval of the Treasury, may determine.
(2)If at any time it appears to the Lord Chancellor that it is expedient that the Judge Advocate General should be temporarily assisted in the exercise and performance of his powers and duties by more persons than hold appointments by virtue of the foregoing subsection, the Lord Chancellor may appoint such persons temporarily to assist the Judge Advocate General in the exercise and performance of his powers and duties as the Lord Chancellor may, with the approval of the Treasury as to numbers, determine.