SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 1Amendments

116Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)

1

Section 3 (Divisions of Court of Appeal) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (3) for “Lord Chancellor may” substitute “Lord Chief Justice may, after consulting the Lord Chancellor”.

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 (3).