SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4U.K.Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts

Part 2 U.K.Amendments of or relating to enactments repealed or amended otherwise than by this Act

Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 (c. 33)U.K.

370(1)Section 3 (non-judicial members) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)After subsection (3) insert—

(4)The Lord Chancellor may exercise his functions under subsection (2)(b) only with the concurrence of the appropriate senior judge.

(5)The appropriate senior judge is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, unless—

(a)the member to be removed exercises functions wholly or mainly in Scotland, in which case it is the Lord President of the Court of Session, or

(b)the member to be removed exercises functions wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland, in which case it is the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

(3)In relation to the enactment referred to in this paragraph, the original amending provision is section 1 of the Competition Act 1998.