SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 1Amendments

Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38)

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1

Section 23 of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (oaths and affirmations) is amended as follows.

2

That section becomes subsection (1) of section 23.

3

In that subsection after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , after consulting the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, ”.

4

After that subsection insert—

2

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 section.