9.—(1) This regulation applies to the selection of a person as the chairman of the Commission and any other Commissioner except a Commissioner who is a Lord Justice of Appeal, a puisne judge of the High Court or a senior tribunal office-holder member.
(2) The Lord Chancellor may recommend a person for appointment as a Commissioner only if—
(a)the Lord Chancellor has requested a panel appointed by him or her to select a person or (as the panel may determine) more than one person for the purposes of such a recommendation, and
(b)the person the Lord Chancellor recommends is the person or one of the persons selected.
(3) The Lord Chancellor may appoint different panels for the purposes of different requests.