SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)
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1
Section 55 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (magistrates' courts, justices of the peace etc) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “
, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,
”
;
b
for “he thinks necessary or expedient” substitute “
the Lord Chancellor thinks necessary or expedient, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,
”
.
3
In subsection (3)—
a
after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “
, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,
”
;
b
for “appears to him expedient” substitute “
appears to the Lord Chancellor to be expedient, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice,
”
.