Commentary on provisions of Act Section 3: Nomination of Circuit judge to sit as a judge advocate
This section amends section 362(c) of the AFA 2006 to provide the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales with a power to nominate a Circuit judge to sit as a judge advocate following a request by the Judge Advocate General. Formerly, section 362 only empowered the Lord Chief Justice to nominate a puisne judge of the High Court of England and Wales. This implements a recommendation of the Service Justice System Review (recommendation 7 of Part 1).