Selection following rejection or requirement to reconsider
28.—(1) If under regulation 26 the Lord Chancellor rejects or requires reconsideration of a selection at stage 1 or 2, the selection panel must select a person in accordance with this regulation.
(2) If the Lord Chancellor rejects a selection, the selection panel—
(a)may not select the person rejected; and
(b)where the rejection is following reconsideration of a selection, may not select the person (if different) whose selection it reconsidered.
(3) If the Lord Chancellor requires a selection to be reconsidered, the selection panel—
(a)may select the same person or a different person; but
(b)where the requirement to reconsider follows a rejection, may not select the person rejected.
(4) The selection panel must inform the Lord Chancellor of the person selected following a rejection or a requirement to reconsider.
(5) Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not prevent a person being selected on a subsequent request under section 78(1).
Section 78 is amended by paragraph 62 of Schedule 13 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013.