71(1)Section 24 (deputy Circuit judges and assistant Recorders) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)for “the Lord Chancellor” substitute “him”;
(b)omit “, he may”;
F1(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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 subsection (1)(a).”
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 para. 71(2)(c) omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 34(7); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(e) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2192, regs. 48, 49)
F2Sch. 4 para. 71(2)(d) omitted (15.7.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 89(2)(j); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g)