APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1876 - SECT 6 Appointment of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary by Her Majesty.

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APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1876 - SECT 6

Appointment of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary by Her Majesty.

6. For the purpose of aiding the House of Lords in the hearing and
determination of appeals, Her Majesty may by letters patent appoint ...
qualified persons to be Lords of Appeal in Ordinary.

A person shall not be qualified to be appointed by Her Majesty a Lord of
Appeal in Ordinary unless he has been at or before the time of his appointment
the holder for a period of not less than two years of some one or more of the
offices in this Act described as high judicial offices, or has been at or
before such time as aforesaid, for not less than fifteen years, a practising
barrister in England or Ireland, or a practising advocate in Scotland.

Every Lord of Appeal in Ordinary shall hold his office during good behaviour,
... but he may be removed from such office on the address of both Houses of
Parliament.

...

Every Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, unless he is otherwise entitled to sit as a
member of the House of Lords, shall by virtue and according to the date of his
appointment be entitled during his life to rank as a Baron by such style as
Her Majesty may be pleased to appoint, and shall ... be entitled to a writ of
summons to attend, and to sit and vote in the House of Lords; his dignity as a
Lord of Parliament shall not descend to his heirs.

On any Lord of Appeal in Ordinary vacating his office, by death, resignation
or otherwise, Her Majesty may fill up the vacancy by the appointment of
another qualified person.

A Lord of Appeal in Ordinary shall, if a Privy Councillor, be a member of the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and, subject to the due performance
by a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary of his duties as to the hearing and
determining of appeals in the House of Lords, it shall be his duty, being a
Privy Councillor, to sit and act as a member of the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council.

S.7 rep. by 1959 c.9 s.9(2) sch.3; 1965 c.61 s.5(3) sch.3; 1973 c.15 s.21
sch.5 Pt.V

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APPELLATE JURISDICTION ACT 1876 - SECT 6