Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 2 U.K. Amendments of or relating to enactments repealed or amended otherwise than by this Act

Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25) U.K.

399 (1) Section 26 (Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (a) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “ or the Lord Chief Justice ”;

(b) in paragraph (b)—

(i) after “Lord Chancellor” in the first place insert “ or the Lord Chief Justice ”;

(ii) for “the Lord Chancellor” in the second place substitute “ that person, or those persons, ”.

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) in paragraph (a) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “ or the Lord Chief Justice ”;

(b) in paragraph (b)—

(i) after “Lord Chancellor” in the first place insert “ or the Lord Chief Justice ”;

(ii) for “the Lord Chancellor” in the second place substitute “ that person, or those persons, ”.

(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.”