PART 5Selection process and selection

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1

After complying with section 27 of the 2005 Act the selection commission must submit a report to the Lord Chancellor.

2

The report must—

a

state who has been selected;

b

state the judges consulted under regulation 18(1)(a) and (2);

c

contain any other information required by the Lord Chancellor.

3

The report must be in a form approved by the Lord Chancellor.

4

After submitting the report the selection commission must provide any further information which the Lord Chancellor may require.

5

Upon receiving the report the Lord Chancellor must consult each of the following—

a

the senior judges consulted under regulation 18(1)(a);

b

any judge consulted under regulation 18(2);

c

the First Minister in Scotland;

d

the First Minister for Wales;

e

the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.