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Session 2004 - 05 Internet Publications Other Bills before Parliament

Constitutional Reform Bill [HL]

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

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