SCHEDULES

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

Part 1Amendments

Habeas Corpus Act 1679 (c. 2)

2

The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is amended as follows.

3

In section 1 (bringing before Lord Chancellor or other judges) omit “the lord chauncelior or lord keeper of the great seale of England for the time being or”.

4

In section 2 (appeal to Lord Chancellor or other judges) omit—

a

“the lord chauncellour or lord keeper or” in each place;

b

“lord chauncellor lord keeper”;

c

“the said lord chauncellor or lord keeper or” in the first and second places;

d

“lord chauncellor or lord keeper or” in the last place.

5

In section 9 (Lord Chancellor or other judge unduly denying writ) omit “the said lord chauncellor or lord keeper or”.