Constitutional Reform Act 2005

The Commissioners

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5(1)The Lord Chancellor may by order amend any of the following provisions by substituting a number for the number of Commissioners for the time being specified there—

(a)paragraph 1(b);

(b)any paragraph of paragraph 2(2);

(c)any paragraph of paragraph 2(3);

(d)any paragraph of paragraph 2(4).

(2)That is subject to the following—

(a)the total of the numbers in paragraph 2(2) must be the number in paragraph 1(b);

(b)the total of the numbers in paragraph 2(3) must be the number in paragraph 2(2)(a);

(c)the total of the numbers in paragraph 2(4) must be the number in paragraph 2(2)(b);

(d)the number substituted in any provision must not be less than the number specified in that provision as originally enacted.

(3)The Lord Chancellor may not make an order under this paragraph without the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice.