SCHEDULES

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

Part 2 U.K.Amendments of or relating to enactments repealed or amended otherwise than by this Act

Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)U.K.

388(1)Section 4 (petty sessions areas) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (2) for “by the Lord Chancellor by order made by statutory instrument” substitute “ by order made by the Lord Chancellor, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, by statutory instrument ”.

(3)After subsection (3) insert—

“(4)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.”