Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

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

Part 1 Amendments

Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)

320 (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.”