Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)
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396(1)Section 10C (status) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) for “given by the Lord Chancellor from time to time” substitute “given by the Lord Chief Justice from time to time after consulting the Lord Chancellor”.
(3)After subsection (4) insert—
“(5)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 this section.”