SCHEDULES

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

Part 1 U.K.Amendments

Patents Act 1977 (c. 37) U.K.

91 (1) Section 97 (appeals from the comptroller) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (2) for “or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”.

(3) After subsection (3) insert—

“(4) 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 (2).”