SCHEDULE 13 The Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (2005 c 4) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 13 The Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman

Section 62

The Ombudsman

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(1)     The Ombudsman is appointed by Her Majesty on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor.

(2)     A person must not be appointed as the Ombudsman if he is employed in the civil service of the State or if he has ever been any of these—

(a)     a practising barrister in England and Wales;

(b)     a practising solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales;

(c)     a practising advocate in Scotland;

(d)     a practising solicitor in Scotland;

(e)     a practising member of the Bar of Northern Ireland;

(f)     a practising solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland;

(g)     the holder of an office listed in Schedule 14.

(3)     Before recommending a person for appointment as the Ombudsman the Lord Chancellor must consider—

(a)     whether the person has exercised functions that appear to the Lord Chancellor to be of a judicial nature and such as to make the person inappropriate for the appointment;

(b)     whether any past service in a capacity mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) appears to the Lord Chancellor to make the person inappropriate for the appointment;

(c)     whether the

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