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.