The title of these Regulations is the Judicial Offices (Sitting in Retirement – Prescribed Offices and Descriptions) (Wales) Regulations 2023 and they come into force on 17 February 2023.

In these Regulations—

• “Legally qualified member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales” (“aelod wedi ymgymhwyso yn gyfraith o Banel Dyfarnu Cymru”) means a person (“P”) who when appointed to a prescribed office satisfied the following description—

  1. a

     P satisfied the judicial appointment eligibility condition on a five-year basis;

  2. b

     P was an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least five years’ standing;

  3. c

     P was a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland; or

  4. d

     P had such legal experience as the Welsh Ministers considered suitable.

A person who holds or has held an office listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule (“prescribed offices”) is eligible for appointment to the sitting in retirement office listed in the corresponding row of column 1.