Part 2Courts, tribunals and coroners

Chapter 2Online procedure

I1I225Power to change certain requirements relating to the Committee

1

The Lord Chancellor may by regulations—

a

amend section 22(2) to (9), and

b

make consequential amendments in any other provision of section 22 or in subsection (2) or (3) of this section.

2

The Lord Chancellor may make regulations under this section only with the concurrence of—

a

the Lord Chief Justice, and

b

the Senior President of Tribunals.

3

Before making regulations under this section, the Lord Chancellor must consult the following persons—

a

the Head of Civil Justice;

b

the Deputy Head of Civil Justice (if there is one);

c

the President of the Family Division.

4

The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise the function of the Lord Chief Justice under subsection (2).

5

Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure (see section 49(4)).