SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
320Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)
1
Section 19 (training, development and appraisal of lay justices) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2) for “Lord Chancellor” in each place substitute “Lord Chief Justice”.
3
In subsection (3)—
a
for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “Lord Chief Justice”;
b
for “appropriate training and training materials” substitute “training and training materials that appear to him, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, to be appropriate”.
4
After subsection (3) insert—
4
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.