SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Powers to make rules

Part 1The process

The process

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(1)

It is for the Lord Chief Justice, or a judicial office holder nominated by the Lord Chief Justice with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor, to make designated rules.

(2)

The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

to make designated rules generally, or

(b)

to make designated rules under a particular enactment.

(3)

In this Part—

(a)

“judicial office holder” has the same meaning as in section 109(4);

(b)

references to the Lord Chief Justice's nominee, in relation to designated rules, mean a judicial office holder nominated by the Lord Chief Justice under sub-paragraph (1) to make those rules.