Constitutional Reform Act 2005

172 (1) Section 33 (jurisdiction of county courts in matrimonial cases) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsections (1) and (4) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, ”.

(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 this section.”