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Session 2003 - 04 Internet Publications Other Bills before Parliament

Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]

Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]
[AS AMENDED BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE BILL]
Contents
Part 1
Arrangements to replace the office of Lord Chancellor
The judiciary and courts
1    Guarantee of continued judicial independence
2    President of the Courts of England and Wales
3    Functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
4    Head and Deputy Head of Criminal Justice
5    Head and Deputy Head of Family Justice
6    Powers to make rules
7    Powers to give directions
Appointments
8    Transfer of appointment functions
Other functions
9    Other functions of the Lord Chancellor
The Great Seal
10    The Great Seal
Speakership of the House of Lords
11    Speakership of the House of Lords
Abolition of the office of Lord Chancellor
12    Abolition of office of Lord Chancellor
13    Salary and pension
Supplementary
14    Property, rights and liabilities
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15    Transfers: supplementary
16    Part 1: interpretation
Part 2
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court
17    The Supreme Court
18    First members of the Court
Appointment of judges
19    Qualification for appointment
20    Selection of members of the Court
21    Selection process
22    Report
23    The Minister’s options
24    Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration
25    Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider
Terms of appointment
26    Oath of allegiance and judicial oath
27    Tenure
28    Salaries and allowances
29    Resignation and retirement
30    Medical retirement
31    Pensions
Acting judges
32    Acting judges
33    Supplementary panel
Jurisdiction
34    Jurisdiction
Composition for proceedings
35    Composition
36    Changes in composition
Practice and procedure
37    Specially qualified advisers
38    Making of rules
39    Procedure after rules made
40    Photography etc
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Resources
41    Minister’s duty
42    Officers and staff: appointment by Minister
43    Staff: provision by third parties
44    Services: provision by third parties
45    Accommodation
46    Annual report
Fees
47    Fees
48    Fees: supplementary
Supplementary
49    Records of the Supreme Court
50    Proceedings under jurisdiction transferred to Supreme Court
51    Interpretation of Part 2
Part 3
Judicial appointments and discipline
Chapter 1
Commission and Ombudsman
52    The Judicial Appointments Commission
53    Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
Chapter 2
Appointments
General provisions
54    Merit and good character
55    Guidance about procedures
56    Guidance: supplementary
Lord Chief Justice and Heads of Division
57    Selection of Lord Chief Justice and Heads of Division
58    Selection process
59    Selection panel
60    Report
61    The Minister’s options
62    Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration
63    Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider
Lords Justices of Appeal
64    Selection of Lords Justices of Appeal
65    Selection process
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66    Selection panel
67    Report
68    The Minister’s options
69    Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration
70    Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider
Puisne judges and other office holders
71    Selection of puisne judges and other office holders
72    Request
73    Selection process
74    Report
75    The Minister’s options
76    Exercise of powers to reject or require reconsideration
77    Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider
78    Reconsideration of decision not to select
79    Withdrawal of request
Complaints and references
80    Complaints: interpretation
81    Complaints to the Commission or the Minister
82    Complaints to the Ombudsman
83    Report and recommendations
84    Report procedure
85    References by the Minister
86    Information
Miscellaneous
87    Consultation on appointment of lay justices
88    Confidentiality
89    Disclosure of information to the Commission
Chapter 3
Discipline
Procedures
90    Disciplinary powers
91    Disciplinary powers: interpretation
92    Regulations about procedures
93    Contents of regulations
94    Procedural rules
Complaints and references
95    Investigations by the Ombudsman relating to conduct
96    Report and recommendations
97    Report procedure
98    References to the Ombudsman relating to conduct
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Chapter 4
General
99    Confidentiality
100    Interpretation of Part 3
Part 4
Other provisions relating to the judiciary
101    Parliamentary disqualification
102    Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Part 5
General
103    Functions of the Minister not to be transferred by order
104    Interpretation
105    Supplementary provision etc
106    Orders and regulations
107    Minor and consequential amendments
108    Repeals and revocations
109    Extent
110    Commencement
111    Short title
Schedule 1   —    Functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the
courts
Part 1   —    Amendments
Part 2   —    Amendment of enactments repealed or amended otherwise
than by this Act
Schedule 2   —    Powers to make rules
Part 1   —    The process
Part 2   —    Rule-making powers subject to the process in Part 1
Schedule 3   —    Powers to give directions
Part 1   —    The process
Part 2   —    Powers of direction subject to the process in Part 1
Schedule 4   —    Appointment functions
Part 1   —    Appointments to be made by the Queen
Part 2   —    Appointments to be made by the Minister
Schedule 5   —    Other functions of the Lord Chancellor
Schedule 6   —    Amendments relating to the Great Seal
Schedule 7   —    Speakership of the House of Lords
Schedule 8   —    Salary and pension of the Lord Chancellor
Part 1   —    Salary and pension: consequential provision
Part 2   —    Pension arrangements of last Lord Chancellor: special
provision
Schedule 9   —    Supreme Court selection commissions
Part 1   —    Selection commissions
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Part 2   —    Dissolution
Part 3   —    Duty to convene commission: special rules
Schedule 10   —    Amendments relating to jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Part 1   —    Jurisdiction transferred from the House of Lords
Part 2   —    Devolution jurisdiction
Schedule 11   —    Proceedings under jurisdiction transferred to Supreme Court
Schedule 12   —    The Judicial Appointments Commission
Part 1   —    The Commissioners
Part 2   —    The Commission
Schedule 13   —    The Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
Schedule 14   —    The Judicial Appointments Commission: Relevant Offices and
Enactments
Part 1   —    Appointments by Her Majesty
Part 2   —    Appointments by the Minister: Offices to which paragraph
2(2)(d) of schedule 12 does not apply
Part 3   —    Appointments by the Minister: offices to which paragraph
2(2)(d) of schedule 12 Applies
Schedule 15   —    Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Schedule 16   —    Minor and consequential amendments
Part 1   —    The Lord Chancellor
Part 2   —    Amendments relating to Part 2
Schedule 17   —    Repeals and revocations
Part 1   —    The Lord Chancellor
Part 2   —    Functions of The Lord Chancellor and organisation of the
courts
Part 3   —    The Great Seal
Part 4   —    Lord Chancellor’s salary and pension
Part 5   —    Power to make rules
Part 6   —    Powers to give directions
Part 7   —    Supreme Court

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