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201(1)Section 291 (proceedings in patents county court) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1) for “Lord Chancellor shall” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice shall, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, ”.
(3)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 (1).”