Constitutional Reform Act 2005

321 (1) Section 20 (rules) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”;

(b) before paragraph (a) insert—

“(za) the Lord Chancellor,”.

(4) After subsection (2) insert—

“(3) 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 of making the rules referred to in this section.”