SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)
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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—
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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).