http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/1016

SCHEDULE 1Transfer, modification and abolition of functions of the Lord Chancellor — primary legislation

Civil Partnership Act 2004

23.

In paragraph 47 of Schedule 6, after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)
The Lord Chancellor may make a determination for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice.
(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 his functions under this paragraph.”.