SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 1Amendments

Public Notaries Act 1843 (c. 90)

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1

Section 5 of the Public Notaries Act 1843 (refusal of master of faculties to grant a faculty) is amended as follows.

2

For “chancellor of England or the lord keeper of the great seal” substitute “ Chancellor of the High Court ”.

3

At the end of that section insert— “ The Chancellor of the High Court may nominate another judge of that court to exercise his functions under this section. ”

4

This paragraph is subject to section 2(3) and (4) of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 (repeals relating to Isle of Man and Channel Islands).