Constitutional Reform Act 2005

33 (1) Schedule 9 (constitution of Agricultural Land Tribunals) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In paragraph 13 (chairman of each Tribunal), in sub-paragraph (4)—

(a) for “is” substitute “ and Lord Chief Justice are both ”;

(b) after “may” insert “ , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, ”.

(3) In paragraph 16A (discharge of chairman's duties)—

(a) that paragraph becomes sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 16A;

(b) in that sub-paragraph for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”;

(c) after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(2) 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 (1).”