9.—(1) The Appointments Committee is to advise the Council on the minimum competencies it considers are required for appointment as a chair, deputy chair or other member of a statutory committee.
(2) The Council is to determine the minimum competencies required for appointment as a chair, deputy chair or other member of a statutory committee.
(3) In giving advice as provided for in paragraph (1), the Appointments Committee is to have regard to best practice on competencies required for membership of quasi-judicial committees, as disseminated by the Judicial Studies Board or the CHRE (or any successor bodies)(1).
(4) No person may be appointed as a chair, deputy chair or other member of a statutory committee unless that person possesses, or has demonstrated the ability to acquire within a reasonable period of time (as determined by the Appointments Committee), the minimum competencies determined by the Council.
The current guidance issued by the Judicial Studies Board entitled “Tribunal Competencies - Qualities and Abilities in Action “ is available at www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports.