SCHEDULES

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

Part 1Amendments

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18)

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(1)

Section 10A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (proceedings after decree nisi: religious marriage) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (6) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “after consulting the Lord Chief Justice”.

(3)

After subsection (7) insert—

“(8)

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.”