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(1)There shall be established the departments of the Supreme Court specified in the first column of Schedule 2.
(2)The business to be assigned to each department shall—
(a)be prescribed by rules of court; and
(b)subject to any directions given by the Lord Chancellor under subsection (4), be transacted under the supervision of the statutory officer specified in relation to that department in the second column of Schedule 2.
(3)The Lord Chancellor may by order made after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice establish at such place as may be specified in the order a branch office of the Probate and Matrimonial Office which—
(a)may transact such of the business of that Office as may be so specified ; and
(b)shall, subject to subsection (4), be under the supervision of a circuit registrar.
(4)Statutory officers shall discharge their functions in accordance with directions given by the Lord Chancellor.
(5)The Lord Chancellor may by order made after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice at any time modify Schedule 2 by—
(a)removing any department and any entry relating thereto from that Schedule;
(b)adding any department and any entry relating thereto to that Schedule;
(c)amending the name of any department or amending any entry relating to any department in that Schedule.
(6)An order under subsection (5) may make provision for any incidental, consequential, transitional or supplementary matters for which it appears to the Lord Chancellor to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of the order to provide, and may amend or repeal any statutory provision (including any provision of this Act) so far as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of the order.
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