SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts
Part 1Amendments
Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22)
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1
Section 2 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (powers of court to make orders for financial provision) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (3) omit the second paragraph.
3
After subsection (3) insert—
4
An order made by the Lord Chancellor under this section—
a
shall be made only after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice;
b
shall be made by statutory instrument and be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
5
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 this section.