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2.—(1) Section 84(1) (power to make rules of court) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), after “Rules of court may be made” insert “by the Lord Chief Justice”.
(3) In subsection (9)—
(a)after “Family Procedure Rule Committee” insert “or”;
(b)the words “, or the Crown Court Rule Committee” are repealed.
(4) After subsection (9), insert—
“(10) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise the Lord Chief Justice’s functions under this section.”
Subsection (9) was amended by section 10 of and paragraph 1(4)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Civil Procedure Act 1997; by article 3 of and paragraphs 11 and 15(1) and (4) to S.I. 2004/2035; and by section 59(5) of and paragraph 26(1) and (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
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