16(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.U.K.
(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).”