Part 2Arrangements to modify the office of Lord Chancellor

Judiciary and courts in England and Wales

9Head and Deputy Head of Family Justice

1

The President of the Family Division is Head of Family Justice.

2

The Lord Chief Justice may appoint a person to be Deputy Head of Family Justice.

3

The Lord Chief Justice must not appoint a person under subsection (2) unless these conditions are met—

a

the Lord Chief Justice has consulted the Lord Chancellor;

b

the person to be appointed is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal.

4

A person appointed as Deputy Head of Family Justice holds that office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.