SCHEDULES

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

Part 2 U.K. Amendments of or relating to enactments repealed or amended otherwise than by this Act

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) U.K.

375 (1) Section 67 (family proceedings courts and panels) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (2)(a) for “by the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ by the Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, ”.

(3) In subsection (5) for “on the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ , exercisable by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, ”.

(4) After subsection (8) insert—

“(9) 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).”

(5) In relation to the enactment referred to in this paragraph, the original amending provision is section 49(1) of the Courts Act 2003.