Constitutional Reform Act 2005

343 (1) Section 80 (power to amend legislation in connection with the rules) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) That section becomes subsection (1) of section 80.

(3) In that subsection after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , 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.”