16Records of lay justicesE+W
(1)The Lord Chancellor—
(a)must appoint a person to be keeper of the rolls for each local justice area, and
(b)may appoint the same person to be keeper of the rolls for more than one local justice area.
(2)The keeper of the rolls for a local justice area must be notified, in such manner as the Lord Chancellor may direct, of—
(a)any assignment of a lay justice to the area,
(b)any change in an assignment of a lay justice as a result of which he ceases to be assigned to the area, and
(c)the fact that a lay justice assigned to the area has ceased to be a justice of the peace or that his name has been entered in or removed from the supplemental list.
(3)The keeper of the rolls for a local justice area must ensure that an accurate record is maintained of all lay justices for the time being assigned to the area.
[F1(4)The Lord Chancellor must consult the Lord Chief Justice before—
(a)appointing a person under subsection (1), or
(b)giving a direction under subsection (2).
(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 16(4)(5) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, Sch. 4 para. 318; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(y)