Constitutional Reform Act 2005

Administration of Justice Act 1925 (c. 28)

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19(1)Section 22 of the Administration of Justice Act 1925 (registration of deeds of arrangement) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (5) for “by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence” substitute “by the Lord Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and”.

(3)After subsection (5) insert—

(5A)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 (5).