Constitutional Reform Act 2005

Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (c. 48) U.K.

362 (1) Section 2 of the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (persons before whom oaths to be taken) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In the paragraph beginning “In England” for “Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ”.

(3) After that paragraph insert— “ 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 the preceding paragraph. ”

(4) In relation to the enactment referred to in this paragraph, the original amending provision is paragraph 51 of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39).