PART 7Review Bodies
Convening a review body29
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.