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SCHEDULES

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

Part 1Amendments

Finance Act 1966 (c. 18)

61(1)In Schedule 1 to the Finance Act 1966 (reliefs for shipbuilders), paragraph 6 is amended as follows.

(2)In sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)after “Lord Chancellor” insert “with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales”;

(b)before “the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland” insert “by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of”.

(3)After sub-paragraph (4) insert—

(5)The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this paragraph.

(6)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).