SCHEDULE 15 Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (2005 c 4) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 15 Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman

Section 124

After Schedule 3 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c 26) insert—

“SCHEDULE 3A
The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Ombudsman
The Ombudsman
1

(1)     A person must not be appointed as the Ombudsman if any of these sub-paragraphs applies—

(a)     he is employed in the civil service of the State;

(b)     he is a member of the House of Commons;

(c)     he is a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

(d)     he is engaged in political activity as a member of a political party;

(e)     he has ever been any of these—

(i)     a practising barrister in England and Wales;

(ii)     a practising solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales;

(iii)     a practising advocate in Scotland;

(iv)     a practising solicitor in Scotland;

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

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

(vii)     the holder of a listed judicial office.

(2)     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

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