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PART 5Selection process and selection

Report

19.—(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.