SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 2Amendments of or relating to enactments repealed or amended otherwise than by this Act
Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)
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Section 9 (effect of entry of name in supplemental list) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (3) for “by the Lord Chancellor” substitute “
by the Lord Chief Justice
”
.
3
After subsection (4) insert—
5
The Lord Chief Justice may not give an authorisation under subsection (3) unless the Lord Chancellor concurs.
6
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 (3).