PART 2Selection of Lord Chief Justice

The Lord Chancellor’s options8

1

This regulation refers to the following stages—

a

Stage 1 – where a person has been selected under section 70(2) for appointment as Lord Chief Justice.

b

Stage 2 – where a person has been selected following a rejection or reconsideration at stage 1.

c

Stage 3 where a person has been selected following a rejection or reconsideration at stage 2.

2

At stage 1 the Lord Chancellor must do one of the following—

a

accept the selection;

b

reject the selection; or

c

require the selection panel to reconsider the selection.

3

At stage 2 the Lord Chancellor must do one of the following—

a

accept the selection;

b

reject the selection, but only if it was made following a reconsideration at stage 1; or

c

require the selection panel to reconsider the selection, but only if it was made following a rejection at stage 1.

4

At stage 3 the Lord Chancellor must accept the selection, unless subsection (5) applies and the Lord Chancellor accepts a selection under it.

5

If a person whose selection the Lord Chancellor required to be reconsidered at stage 1 or 2 was not selected again at the next stage, the Lord Chancellor may, at stage 3, accept the selection made at that earlier stage.