Guidance about procedures

1 The Lord Chancellor may issue guidance about procedures for the performance by the Commission or a selection panel of its functions of— a identifying persons willing to be considered for selection under this Part, and b assessing such persons for the purposes of selection. 2 The guidance may, among other things, relate to consultation or other steps in determining such procedures. 3 The purposes for which guidance may be issued under this section include the encouragement of diversity in the range of persons available for selection. 4 The Commission and any selection panel must have regard to the guidance in matters to which it relates.