SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)
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Section 5 (divisions of the High Court) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)(a) for the words from “the Lord Chancellor” to “vice-president thereof,” substitute “
the Chancellor of the High Court, who shall be president thereof,
”
.
3
In subsection (1)(b) for “who shall be president thereof” substitute “
, the President of the Queen's Bench Division
”
.
4
In subsection (2) for “of the Lord Chancellor” in each place substitute “
given by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor
”
.
5
In subsection (3) for the words from “with the concurrence of” to the end substitute
with the concurrence of both of the following—
a
the senior judge of the Division to which the judge is attached;
b
the senior judge of the Division of which the judge is to act as an additional judge.
6
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 (2).