Gambling Act 2005
39.—(1) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 8 to the Gambling Act 2005(1) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) After sub-paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A) The Lord Chancellor may dismiss a person under sub-paragraph (3) only with the concurrence of the appropriate senior judge.
(3B) The appropriate senior judge is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, unless the person to be dismissed exercises functions wholly or mainly in Scotland, in which case it is the Lord President of the Court of Session.
(3C) The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise any of his functions under this paragraph.
(3D) The Lord President of the Court of Session may nominate a judge of the Court of Session who is a member of the First or Second Division of the Inner House of that Court to exercise his functions under this paragraph.”.