The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2006

Convening a review body

29.—(1) The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice shall convene a review body to review a case where—

(a) they decide to refer the findings of a judicial investigation under Part 5 to a review body;

(b) the Ombudsman recommends that an investigation or determination should be reviewed by a review body, and the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice accept the recommendation;

(c) the Ombudsman sets aside a determination made in a case in accordance with section 111 of the Act and directs that the case is to be referred to a review body;

(d) the subject of the disciplinary proceedings requests the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice to refer the case to a review body in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) The subject of the disciplinary proceedings may request the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice to refer the case to a review body where they notify him under regulation 27 that they propose—

(a) to take disciplinary action against him, or

(b) to record the case in a form which may be referred to in later disciplinary proceedings.

(3) The Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice may impose a time limit within which the review body must submit its report to them.

(4) Where the subject of the disciplinary proceedings wishes the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice to refer the case to a review body under paragraph (1)(d), he must—

(a) request them to do so within ten business days of the notification to him of the decision of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice, and

(b) state in his request the issues that he wishes the review body to consider.