The Judicial Appointments Regulations 2013

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Section 16 (functions of the Lord Chief Justice during vacancy or incapacity)

    4. 4.Non-legally qualified person

  3. PART 2 Selection of Lord Chief Justice

    1. 5.Membership of selection panel

    2. 6.Consultation

    3. 7.Report

    4. 8.The Lord Chancellor’s options

    5. 9.Exercise of power to reject or require reconsideration

    6. 10.Selection following requirement to reconsider

  4. PART 3 Selection of Heads of Division

    1. 11.Membership of selection panel

    2. 12.Consultation

    3. 13.Report

    4. 14.The Lord Chancellor’s options

    5. 15.Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration

    6. 16.Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider

  5. PART 4 Selection of Senior President of Tribunals

    1. 17.Membership of selection panel

    2. 18.Consultation

    3. 19.Report

    4. 20.The Lord Chancellor’s options

    5. 21.Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration

    6. 22.Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider

  6. PART 5 Selection of Lords Justice of Appeal

    1. 23.Membership of selection panel

    2. 24.Consultation

    3. 25.Report

    4. 26.The Lord Chancellor’s options

    5. 27.Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration

    6. 28.Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider

  7. PART 6 Selection of puisne judges and other office holders

    1. 29.Scope

    2. 30.Consultation

    3. 31.Report

    4. 32.The appropriate authority’s options

    5. 33.Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration

    6. 34.Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider

    7. 35.Reconsideration of decision not to select

    8. 36.Duty to identify persons for future requests

  8. PART 7 Effect of acceptance of selection

    1. 37.(1) Where the appropriate authority is the Lord Chancellor, the...

    2. 38.(1) Before exercising a power to make an appointment or...

  9. PART 8 Selection of a person for membership of a pool for requests under section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981

    1. 39.Scope

    2. 40.Report

    3. 41.The Lord Chief Justice’s options

    4. 42.Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration

    5. 43.Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider

    6. 44.Reconsideration of decision not to select

    7. 45.Effect of acceptance of selection

  10. PART 9 General

    1. 46.Delegation of functions by the Lord Chief Justice

    2. 47.Delegation of functions by the Senior President of Tribunals

  11. PART 10 Transitional provisions

    1. 48.(1) Where a request for a selection is made to...

    2. 49.Where a request is made to a person under section...

  12. Signature

  13. Explanatory Note