SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4U.K.Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 1 U.K.Amendments

Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17)U.K.

247(1)Section 23 (temporary membership) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.

(3)In subsection (2)(a) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.

(4)After subsection (5) insert—

“(6)The functions conferred on the Lord Chief Justice by the preceding provisions of this section may be exercised only after consulting the Lord Chancellor.

(7)The functions conferred on the Lord Chancellor by subsection (3) may be exercised only after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice.

(8)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 this section.”