204(1)Section 7 (welfare reports) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (2) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, ”.
(3)After subsection (5) insert—
“(6)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under subsection (2).”