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16.—(1) The relevant enforcement authorities must appoint such number of adjudicators for the purposes of Part 6 of the 2004 Act on such terms as they may decide.
(2) Any decision by those authorities to appoint a person as an adjudicator will not have effect without the consent of the Lord Chancellor.
(3) Any decision by those authorities—
(a)not to re-appoint a person as an adjudicator; or
(b)to remove a person from his office as an adjudicator,
will not have effect without the consent of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice.
(4) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005(1) to exercise his functions under paragraph (3).
(5) Adjudicators who—
(a)were appointed under section 73 of the Road Traffic Act 1991; and
(b)held office immediately before the coming into force of this regulation,
are to be treated as having been appointed under this regulation on the same terms as those on which they held office at that time.
(6) Each adjudicator must make an annual report to the relevant enforcement authorities in accordance with such requirements as may be imposed by those authorities.
(7) The relevant authorities must make and publish an annual report to the Welsh Ministers on the discharge by the adjudicators of their functions.
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