Schedule 13: The Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman Lord Chief Justice and Heads of Division Section 68: Duty to fill vacancies
276.Section 68 imposes a duty on the Lord Chancellor to fill any vacancies in the offices of Lord Chief Justice or the Heads of Division. But, for as long as the Lord Chief Justice agrees, he may leave a vacancy in any of the offices of the Heads of Division unfilled.