SCHEDULES

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

Part 1Amendments

Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)

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1

Section 24 (deputy Circuit judges and assistant Recorders) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

for “the Lord Chancellor” substitute “him”;

b

omit “, he may”;

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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 (1)(a).