Constitutional Reform Act 2005

215 (1) Section 73 (delegation of certain administrative functions of Master of the Rolls) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (3)—

(a) for “Lord Chancellor may” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, ”;

(b) for “Lord Chancellor considers” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor consider ”.

(3) After subsection (5) insert—

“(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).”