Section 11

This subsection applies to the office of district judge. Subject to the following provisions of this section ..., a person who holds an office to which subsection (1) applies shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A person appointed to an office to which subsection (1) applies shall hold that office during good behaviour. The power to remove such a person from his office on account of misbehaviour shall be exercisable by the Lord Chancellor , but only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice. The Lord Chancellor may , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, also remove such a person from his office on account of inability to perform the duties of his office.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-08-15