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403(1)Section 53A (costs in legal proceedings) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (4) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, ”.
(3)After subsection (6) insert—
“(7)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.”