The Judicial Offices (Sitting in Retirement – Prescribed Offices and Descriptions) (Wales) Regulations 2023

• Citation: S.I. 2023/65 (W.)
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

The title of these Regulations is the Judicial Offices (Sitting in Retirement – Prescribed Offices and Descriptions) (Wales) Regulations 2023 and they come into force on 17 February 2023.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“ Legally qualified member of the Adjudication Panel for Wales ” (“ aelod wedi ymgymhwyso yn gyfraith o Banel Dyfarnu Cymru ”) means a person (“ P ”) who when appointed to a prescribed office satisfied the following description—

P satisfied the judicial appointment eligibility condition on a five-year basis;

P was an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least five years’ standing;

P was a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland; or

P had such legal experience as the Welsh Ministers considered suitable.

Section 3 Offices prescribed in relation to an appointment to a sitting in retirement office

A person who holds or has held an office listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule (“prescribed offices”) is eligible for appointment to the sitting in retirement office listed in the corresponding row of column 1.