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, ”.