Part 2Arrangements to modify the office of Lord Chancellor
Judiciary and courts in England and Wales
7President of the Courts of England and Wales
1
The Lord Chief Justice holds the office of President of the Courts of England and Wales and is Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales.
2
As President of the Courts of England and Wales he is responsible—
a
for representing the views of the judiciary of England and Wales to Parliament, to the Lord Chancellor and to Ministers of the Crown generally;
b
for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary of England and Wales within the resources made available by the Lord Chancellor;
c
for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the deployment of the judiciary of England and Wales and the allocation of work within courts.
3
The President of the Courts of England and Wales is president of the courts listed in subsection (4) and is entitled to sit in any of those courts.
4
The courts are—
the Court of Appeal
the High Court
the Crown Court
the county courts
the magistrates' courts.
5
In section 1 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54), subsection (2)(Lord Chancellor to be president of the Supreme Court of England and Wales) ceases to have effect.