The Supreme Court

1 There is to be a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. 2 The Court consists of the persons appointed as its judges by Her Majesty by letters patent , but no appointment may cause the full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court at any time to be more than 12 . 3 Her Majesty may from time to time by Order in Council amend subsection (2) so as to increase or further increase the maximum full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court. 4 No recommendation may be made to Her Majesty in Council to make an Order under subsection (3) unless a draft of the Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament. 5 Her Majesty may by letters patent appoint one of the judges to be President and one to be Deputy President of the Court. 6 The judges other than the President and Deputy President are to be styled “Justices of the Supreme Court”. 7 The Court is to be taken to be duly constituted despite any vacancy ... in the office of President or Deputy President. 8 For the purposes of this section, the full-time equivalent number of judges of the Court is to be calculated by taking the number of full-time judges and adding, for each judge who is not a full-time judge, such fraction as is reasonable.