Part 2: Oversight Arrangements Section 9: Temporary Judicial Commissioners
This section inserts new section 228A into the IPA 2016 and gives the IPC and the Secretary of State the power to appoint Temporary JCs in exceptional circumstances, which result in a shortage of persons able to carry out the functions of JCs. In the event of a temporary JC being appointed, the IPC must notify certain persons including the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers as soon as practicable after the appointment. These provisions are based on section 22 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and regulation 3 of S.I. 2020/360.