The Lord Chief Justice’s options
41.—(1) This regulation refers to the following stages—
(a)Stage 1 – where a person has been selected under section 88(1).
(b)Stage 2 – where a person has been selected following a rejection or reconsideration at stage 1.
(c)Stage 3 – where a person has been selected following a rejection or reconsideration at stage 2.
(2) At stage 1 the Lord Chief Justice must do one of the following—
(a)accept the selection;
(b)reject the selection; or
(c)require the Commission to reconsider the selection.
(3) At stage 2 the Lord Chief Justice must do one of the following—
(a)accept the selection;
(b)reject the selection, but only if it was made following a reconsideration at stage 1; or
(c)require the Commission to reconsider the selection, but only if it was made following a rejection at stage 1.
(4) At stage 3 the Lord Chief Justice must accept the selection unless paragraph (5) applies and the Lord Chief Justice accepts a selection under it.
(5) If a person whose selection the Lord Chief Justice required to be reconsidered at stage 1 or stage 2 was not selected again at the next stage, the Lord Chief Justice may, at stage 3, accept the selection made at that earlier stage.