4(1)The Commission shall sit at such times and in such places as the Lord Chancellor may direct [F1 after consulting the following—U.K.
(a)the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;
(b)the Lord President of the Court of Session;
(c)the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.]
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(2)The Commission may sit in two or more divisions.
(3)At each sitting of the Commission—
(a)three members shall attend;
(b)one of the members shall be a person who holds or has held high judicial office (within the meaning of [F2Part 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) or is or has been a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;] and
(c)the chairman or another member nominated by him shall preside and report the Commission’s decision.
[F3(4)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (1).
(5)The Lord President of the Court of Session may nominate a judge of the Court of Session who is a member of the First or Second Division of the Inner House of that Court to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (1).
(6)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;
(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 300(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(x)
F2Words in Sch. 6 para. 4(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 17 para. 31; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(e)
F3Sch. 6 para. 4(4)-(6) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148, Sch. 4 para. 300(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(x)