66. The Act of 2001 is amended by the substitution of the following for section 22:

“22. (1) The Judicial Appointments Commission shall not recommend a person under section 47 or 48 of the Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2023 for appointment or for nomination for appointment or election, as the case may be, to judicial office (within the meaning of that Act) unless the person has furnished to it the documents specified in subsection (2).

(2) The documents referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a) a tax clearance certificate issued to the person not more than 18 months before the date of the recommendation, and

(b) a statutory declaration made by the person not more than 3 months before that date to the effect that, at the time of the making of the declaration, the person is, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, in compliance with the obligations specified in subsection (1) of section 25 and that nothing in subsection (2) of that section prevents the issue to him or her of a tax clearance certificate.”.