20(1)Section 45 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (youth courts) (as amended by section 50 of the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) for “Lord Chancellor or a person acting on his behalf” substitute “Lord Chief Justice, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor,”.
(3)In subsection (4) for “Lord Chancellor may” substitute “Lord Chief Justice may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor,”.
(4)In subsection (5) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “or Lord Chief Justice”.
(5)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 (3) or (4) or his powers under rules under subsection (4).”