Part 1 Judges of the Supreme Court: Number and Selection
Crime and Courts Act 2013 (2013 c 22) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 13 Judicial Appointments

Section 20

Part 1 Judges of the Supreme Court: Number and Selection

Introductory

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The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 is amended as follows.

Number of judges to become maximum full-time equivalent number

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(1)     Section 23 (establishment of the Supreme Court) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2) (Supreme Court consists of 12 judges)—

(a)     for “12 judges appointed†substitute “the persons appointed as its judgesâ€, and

(b)     after “by letters patent†insert “, but no appointment may cause the full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court at any time to be more than 12â€.

(3)     In subsection (3) (power to increase number of members of the Court) before “number†insert “maximum full-time equivalentâ€.

(4)     In subsection (7) (Court is duly constituted despite vacancy in membership or presiding offices) omit “among the judges of the Court orâ€.

(5)     After that subsection insert—

“(8)     For the purposes of this section, the full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court is to be calculated by taking the number of full-time judges and adding, for each judge who is not a full-time judge, such fraction as is reasonable.â€

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