SCHEDULES

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

Part 1 U.K.Amendments

Courts Act 1971 (c. 23)U.K.

71(1)Section 24 (deputy Circuit judges and assistant Recorders) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (1)—

(a)for “the Lord Chancellor” substitute “him”;

(b)omit “, he may”;

F1(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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).”