SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 1 U.K. Amendments

Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88) U.K.

37 (1) Section 28 (the Appeal Tribunal) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (2)(a) for “by the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”.

(3) After subsection (10) insert—

“(11) 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 (2)(a).”