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Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

Commentary on Sections: Part 2

Section 60: Appointment as Chairman of Law Commission

317.This section makes provision for the Lord Chancellor to select the Chairman of the Law Commission from serving members of the senior judiciary only, by making changes to section 1 of the Law Commissions Act 1965 (c.22). The ‘senior judiciary’ for these purposes are the judges of the High Court and the judges of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales. This change reflects what has happened in practice since the establishment of the Law Commission.

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