§ 39A.—(1) The Lord Chancellor may prepare a code of conduct to be observed by—
- (a) members of magistrates' courts committees; and
- (b) members of selection panels for choosing members of such committees.
§ (2) The Lord Chancellor may from time to time prepare a revised version of the code.
§ (3) Before preparing the code or a revised version of the code the Lord Chancellor shall undertake such consultation as appears to him to be appropriate.
§ (4) The code, and any revised version of the code, shall come into force as provided by an order made by the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument; and an order providing for the coming into force of the code or a revised version shall set out the code or revised version.
§ (5) A statutory instrument containing an order made by virtue of subsection (4) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.