Lord Chancellor to be qualified by experience

1 A person may not be recommended for appointment as Lord Chancellor unless he appears to the Prime Minister to be qualified by experience. 2 The Prime Minister may take into account any of these— a experience as a Minister of the Crown; b experience as a member of either House of Parliament; c experience as a qualifying practitioner; d experience as a teacher of law in a university; e other experience that the Prime Minister considers relevant. 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); b an advocate in Scotland or a solicitor entitled to appear in the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary; c a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland.