SCHEDULES

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

Part 1Amendments

Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

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(1)

Section 108 (general provisions as to rules under Part 7) is amended as follows.

(2)

For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)

Rules under section 106(5) are to be made by the Lord Chancellor after consulting the Lord Chief Justice.”

(3)

After subsection (2) insert—

“(3)

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 this section.”

(4)

Paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 also amends section 108.