29U.K.The Agriculture Act 1947 is amended, or has effect, as follows.
30U.K.In section 73 (establishment, constitution and procedure of Agricultural Land Tribunals), in subsection (1) for the words before “by order” substitute “ For the purposes of this section the Lord Chancellor shall, after consulting the Chairman of the Agricultural Land Tribunals, ”.
31(1)The functions of the Lord Chancellor under section 75 (provisions as to land lying partly in one area and partly in another) are exercisable only after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice.U.K.
(2)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of this Act) to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (1).
32U.K.In section 108 (regulations and orders), in subsection (1) omit “by the Minister” in the second place.
33(1)Schedule 9 (constitution of Agricultural Land Tribunals) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraph 13 (chairman of each Tribunal), in sub-paragraph (4)—
(a)for “is” substitute “ and Lord Chief Justice are both ”;
(b)after “may” insert “ , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, ”.
(3)In paragraph 16A (discharge of chairman's duties)—
(a)that paragraph becomes sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 16A;
(b)in that sub-paragraph for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”;
(c)after that sub-paragraph insert—
“(2)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 sub-paragraph (1).”