SCHEDULES

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

Part 1Amendments

Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)

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1

Section 69 (Vice-President of Queen's Bench division) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) for “Lord Chancellor may” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice may, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, ”.

3

After subsection (1) insert—

1A

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 subsection (1).