Constitutional Reform Act 2005

148 (1) Section 25 (regulations as to deposit and registration of wills) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (4) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “ after consulting the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ”.

(3) After subsection (8) insert—

“(9) 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 (4).”