Constitutional Reform Act 2005

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177(1)Section 257 (form etc of accounts) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (3) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland ”.

(3)After subsection (3) insert—

(4)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (3)—

(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).