SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 2Amendments of or relating to enactments repealed or amended otherwise than by this Act

Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c. 25)

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(1)

Section 6 (residence qualification) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (3) for “Lord Chancellor is” substitute “ Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice are both ”.

(3)

After subsection (4) insert—

“(5)

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.”