SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
16Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (c. 48)
1
Section 2 of the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (persons before whom oaths to be taken) (as amended by paragraph 51 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)) is amended as follows.
2
In the paragraph beginning “In England and Wales” for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales”.
3
After that paragraph insert—
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 the preceding paragraph.
4
After the paragraph beginning “In Ireland” insert—
The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under the preceding paragraph—
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).