Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

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

Part 1 U.K. Amendments

Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) U.K.

233 (1) Section 55 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (magistrates' courts, justices of the peace etc) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, ”;

(b) for “he thinks necessary or expedient” substitute “ the Lord Chancellor thinks necessary or expedient, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, ”.

(3) In subsection (3)—

(a) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, ”;

(b) for “appears to him expedient” substitute “ appears to the Lord Chancellor to be expedient, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, ”.

234 U.K. After subsection (5) insert—

“(6) 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.”