SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)
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Schedule 1 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (local probation boards) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 2 (membership)—
a
in sub-paragraph (2) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “
Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor
”
;
b
after sub-paragraph (7) insert—
8
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 sub-paragraph (2).
3
In paragraph 3 (tenure of members), after sub-paragraph (3) insert—
3A
The power conferred by sub-paragraph (3) may be exercised by the Lord Chancellor to remove a person appointed by him by virtue of paragraph 2(2) only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice.