209(1)In Schedule 1 (financial provision for children), paragraph 5 (maximum lump sum payable for maintenance of child by order of magistrates court) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In sub-paragraph (2) after “Lord Chancellor may” substitute “ , after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, ”.
(3)After sub-paragraph (6) insert—
“(7)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 paragraph.”