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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 1', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art 6', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 9', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2']

Constitutional Reform Act 2005, 2005 c. 4, Version 01/12/2017
2005 CHAPTER 4
Part 1. The rule of law
Part 2. Arrangements to modify the office of Lord Chancellor
Judiciary and courts in England and Wales (E+W)
Part 3. The Supreme Court
Part 4. Judicial appointments and discipline
Chapter 1. Commission and Ombudsman
Chapter 2. Appointments
Chapter 3. Discipline
Chapter 4. Interpretation of Part 4
Part 5 (N.I.). Judicial Appointments and Removals: Northern Ireland
Chapter 1 (N.I.). Appointments
Disclosure of information to Commission (N.I.)
Ombudsman (N.I.)
Complaints and references (N.I.)
Chapter 2 (N.I.). Removals
Part 6. Other provisions relating to the judiciary
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An Act to make provision for modifying the office of Lord Chancellor, and to make provision relating to the functions of that office; to establish a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and to abolish the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords; to make provision about the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the judicial functions of the President of the Council; to make other provision about the judiciary, their appointment and discipline; and for connected purposes.
(b) the Lord Chancellor's existing constitutional role in relation to that principle.
Arrangements to modify the office of Lord Chancellor
2 Lord Chancellor to be qualified by experience
(3) In this section “qualifying practitioner” means any of these—
(a) a person who has a Senior Courts qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41) ;
(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland.
3 Guarantee of continued judicial independence
(1) The Lord Chancellor, other Ministers of the Crown and all with responsibility for matters relating to the judiciary or otherwise to the administration of justice must uphold the continued independence of the judiciary.
(2) Subsection (1) does not impose any duty which it would be within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament to impose.
(3) A person is not subject to the duty imposed by subsection (1) if he is subject to the duty imposed by section 1(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26).
(4) The following particular duties are imposed for the purpose of upholding that independence.
(5) The Lord Chancellor and other Ministers of the Crown must not seek to influence particular judicial decisions through any special access to the judiciary.
(6) The Lord Chancellor must have regard to—
(b) the need for the judiciary to have the support necessary to enable them to exercise their functions;
(c) the need for the public interest in regard to matters relating to the judiciary or otherwise to the administration of justice to be properly represented in decisions affecting those matters.
(7) In this section “the judiciary” includes the judiciary of any of the following—
[F1 (7A) In this section “the judiciary” also includes every person who—
(d) member of a panel of [F2 Employment Judges] (Scotland) ;
(e) member of a panel of members of employment tribunals that is not a panel of [F2 Employment Judges] ;
(f) F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
(8) In subsection (7) “international court” means the International Court of Justice or any other court or tribunal which exercises jurisdiction, or performs functions of a judicial nature, in pursuance of—
F1 S. 3(7A)(7B) inserted (19.9.2007) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 1, 148; S.I. 2007/2709, art. 2(a)
F2 Words in s. 3(7B)(d)(e) substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(1); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(g)
F3 S. 3(7B)(f) omitted (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 9, Sch. 3 para. 217
4 Guarantee of continued judicial independence: Northern Ireland
(1) For section 1 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26) (guarantee of continued judicial independence) substitute—
“1 Guarantee of continued judicial independence
(4) In this section “ the judiciary ” includes the judiciary of any of the following—
(5) In subsection (4) “ international court ” means the International Court of Justice or any other court or tribunal which exercises jurisdiction, or performs functions of a judicial nature, in pursuance of—
(b) a resolution of the Security Council or General Assembly of the United Nations.”
(2) In section 91(2) of that Act (extent: provisions not restricted to Northern Ireland) , before paragraph (a) insert—
“(za) section 1,”.
5 Representations to Parliament
[F4 (A1) The President of the Supreme Court may lay before Parliament written representations on matters that appear to the President to be matters of importance relating to the Supreme Court or to the jurisdiction it exercises.]
(1) The chief justice of any part of the United Kingdom may lay before Parliament written representations on matters that appear to him to be matters of importance relating to the judiciary, or otherwise to the administration of justice, in that part of the United Kingdom.
(2) In relation to Scotland [F5 the matters mentioned in subsections (A1) and (1) ] do not include matters within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, unless they are matters to which a Bill for an Act of Parliament relates.
(3) In relation to Northern Ireland [F6 the matters mentioned in subsections (A1) and (1) ] do not include transferred matters within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly, unless they are matters to which a Bill for an Act of Parliament relates.
(4) In subsection (3) the reference to transferred matters has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47).
(5) In this section “chief justice” means—
(a) in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland, the Lord Chief Justice of that part of the United Kingdom;
(b) in relation to Scotland, the Lord President of the Court of Session.
F4 S. 5(A1) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 81(2), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 66
F5 Words in s. 5(2) substituted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 81(3), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 66
F6 Words in s. 5(3) substituted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 81(3), 95(1); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 66
I1 S. 5 partly in force; s. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 148; s. 5(1)(2)(5) in force at 3.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 4; s. 5(3)(4) in force at 8.5.2007 by S.I. 2007/1252, art. 2
6 Representations to the Northern Ireland Assembly (N.I.)
(1) The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly written representations on matters within subsection (2) that appear to him to be matters of importance relating to the judiciary, or otherwise to the administration of justice, in Northern Ireland.
(a) excepted or reserved matters to which a Bill for an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly relates;
(b) transferred matters within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly, unless they are matters to which a Bill for an Act of Parliament relates.
(3) In subsection (2) references to excepted, reserved and transferred matters have the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
7 President of the Courts of England and Wales (E+W)
(1) The Lord Chief Justice holds the office of President of the Courts of England and Wales and is Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales.
(2) As President of the Courts of England and Wales he is responsible—
(a) for representing the views of the judiciary of England and Wales to Parliament, to the Lord Chancellor and to Ministers of the Crown generally;
(b) for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary of England and Wales within the resources made available by the Lord Chancellor;
(c) for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the deployment of the judiciary of England and Wales and the allocation of work within courts.
(3) The President of the Courts of England and Wales is president of the courts listed in subsection (4) and is entitled to sit in any of those courts.
(4) The courts are— the Court of Appeal the High Court the Crown Court [F7 the family court] the [F8 county court] the magistrates' courts.
(5) In section 1 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) , subsection (2) (Lord Chancellor to be president of the Supreme Court of England and Wales) ceases to have effect.
F7 Words in s. 7(4) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 10 para. 97; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(d) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F8 Words in s. 7(4) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 42; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
8 Head and Deputy Head of Criminal Justice (E+W)
(1) There is to be a Head of Criminal Justice.
(2) The Head of Criminal Justice is—
(a) the Lord Chief Justice, or
(b) if the Lord Chief Justice appoints another person, that person.
(3) The Lord Chief Justice may appoint a person to be Deputy Head of Criminal Justice.
(4) The Lord Chief Justice must not appoint a person under subsection (2) (b) or (3) unless these conditions are met—
(a) the Lord Chief Justice has consulted the Lord Chancellor;
(b) the person to be appointed is [F9 a judge] of the Court of Appeal.
(5) A person appointed under subsection (2) (b) or (3) holds the office to which he is appointed in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
F9 Words in s. 8(4)(b) substituted (15.1.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 61; S.I. 2006/3364, art. 2(k)