http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/4

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 1Amendments

Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12)

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1

Section 6 (Civil Justice Council) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (2) insert—

2A
The Lord Chancellor must decide the following questions, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice—
a
how many members of the Council are to be drawn from each of the groups mentioned in subsection (2);
b
how many other members the Council is to have.
2B
It is for—
a
the Lord Chief Justice to appoint members of the judiciary to the Council, after consulting the Lord Chancellor;
b
the Lord Chancellor to appoint other persons to the Council.

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.