The Judicial Discipline (Prescribed Procedures) Regulations 2006
The regulations prescribe the procedures to be followed in the investigation and determination of allegations of misconduct by judicial office holders under chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4). The procedures govern the exercise of the Lord Chancellor’s powers to remove judicial office holders and the Lord Chief Justice’s statutory powers formally to advise, warn or reprimand them, or to suspend them from office. They also govern the investigation of allegations about judicial office holders appointed by the Lord Chancellor who sit wholly or mainly in Scotland or Northern Ireland. In these cases, the Lord President of the Court of Session or the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland has the same powers as the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.