Part 2

Arrangements to modify the office of Lord Chancellor

Qualifications for office of Lord Chancellor

Lord Chancellor to be qualified by experience
2
1
A person may not be recommended for appointment as Lord Chancellor unless he appears to the Prime Minister to be qualified by experience.
2
The Prime Minister may take into account any of these—
a
experience as a Minister of the Crown;
b
experience as a member of either House of Parliament;
c
experience as a qualifying practitioner;
d
experience as a teacher of law in a university;
e
other experience that the Prime Minister considers relevant.
3
In this section “qualifying practitioner” means any of these—
a
a person who has a Senior Courts qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41);
b
an advocate in Scotland or a solicitor entitled to appear in the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary;
c
a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland.