Constitutional Reform Act 2005

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36(1)Section 27 (meaning of the court) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (2) for “Lord Chancellor may select” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales may, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, select ”.

(3)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 under subsection (2).