SCHEDULE 1Transfer, modification and abolition of functions of the Lord Chancellor
Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (Compensation) Regulations 196531
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Regulation 2 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (Compensation) Regulations 196520 is amended in accordance with this paragraph.
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In the definition of “tribunal” in paragraph (1), after “Lord Chancellor” insert “and the Lord Chief Justice”.
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After that paragraph insert—
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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 referred to in the definition of “tribunal” in paragraph (1).