Interpretation of Part 4

In this Part— “ appoint ” includes nominate or designate (and “appointment” is to be read accordingly); the “ Commission ” means the Judicial Appointments Commission; “ Head of Division ” means any of these— the Master of the Rolls; the President of the Queen's Bench Division; the President of the Family Division; the Chancellor of the High Court; “ High Court ” means the High Court in England and Wales; “ high judicial office ” has the meaning given by section 60; “ lay member ”, in relation to the Commission, has such meaning as may be given by regulations under paragraph 3C(a) of Schedule 12; “ Lord Chief Justice ”, unless otherwise stated, means the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales; “ Lord Justice of Appeal ” means a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales; “ office ” includes a position of any description; the “ Ombudsman ” means the Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman; “ prescribed ” means prescribed by regulations under section 115 or, subject to section 117(2), by rules under section 117; “ vacancy ” in relation to an office to which one of sections 68, 77 and 86 applies, means a vacancy arising on a holder of the office vacating it at any time after the commencement of that section.