Constitutional Reform Act 2005 Explanatory Notes

Section 67: Selection of Lord Chief Justice and Heads of Division

275.Section 67 provides that recommendations to The Queen to appoint candidates to the senior judicial posts of the Lord Chief Justice and the Heads of Division (the Master of the Rolls, President of the Queen’s Bench Division, President of the Family Division and Chancellor of the High Court) can only be made in accordance with the procedures set out in the Act.

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