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168(1)Section 61 (right of audience by direction) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, ”.
(3)After subsection (4) insert—
“(5)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 this section.”