SCHEDULES

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

Part 1Amendments

City of London (Courts) Act 1964 (c. iv)

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1

Section 15 of the City of London (Courts) Act 1964 (oaths) is amended as follows.

2

That section becomes subsection (1) of section 15.

3

In that subsection for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.

4

After that subsection 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 subsection (1).