Free legislation on LexisWeb is as enacted and does not take into account any amendments

Full Table of Contents

36Medical retirement

(1)    This section applies if the Lord Chancellor is satisfied by means of a medical certificate that a person holding office as a judge of the Supreme Court—

(a)    is disabled by permanent infirmity from the performance of the duties of his office, and

(b)    is for the time being incapacitated from resigning his office.

(2)    The Lord Chancellor may by instrument under his hand declare the person's office to have been vacated.

(3)    A declaration by instrument under subsection (2) has the same effect for all purposes as if the person had, on the date of the instrument, resigned his office.

(4)    But such a declaration has no effect unless it is made—

(a)    in the case of an ordinary judge, with the agreement of the President and Deputy President of the Court;

(b)    in the case of the President, with the agreement of the Deputy President and the senior ordinary judge;

(c)    in the case of the Deputy President, with the agreement of the President and the senior ordinary judge.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
To be appointed

To be appointed: see s 148(1).

Full Table of Contents

Lexis®Library

  • Authoritative guides to the status of statutory provisions and their meaning from a range of titles from Butterworths, Halsbury's Statutes and TolleyView other related LexisLibrary annotations
  • The current law in England and Wales, consolidated by the incorporation of amendments into existing legislation, by an expert team of editorsView Consolidated Version
  • Indicates the date on which a section of an enactment was brought into force, powered by Halsbury's Is It In ForceView current status of this Act
  • Cases related to this particular case that are related to, or discuss this caseView related cases
  • Official explanatory notes that further explain the effects of the Act and summarise what the Act sets out to achieveView official explanatory notes
  • Commentary discussing this particular case from LexisLibrary's comprehensive range of titles including Butterworths, Halsbury's and TolleyView all related commentary
  • An authoritative guide to the status of statutory provisions and their meaning, including definitions, cross-references and information on commencement and amendmentView Halsbury Statutes Citator
  • Subordinate legislation is made under the authority of a provision (or provisions) of an Act (or Acts) of ParliamentView all subordinate legislation