SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)
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1
Section 73 (power to amend legislation in connection with Criminal Procedure Rules) is amended as follows.
2
That section becomes subsection (1) of section 73.
3
In that subsection after “Secretary of State” insert “
and after consulting the Lord Chief Justice
”
.
4
After that subsection insert—
2
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.