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27(1)Section 53 (membership of the Crown Court Rules Committee) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1)(c) and (d) for “Lord Chancellor after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.
(3)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (1)(c) or (d)—
(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).”