# Agriculture Act 1947, Paragraph 16A

Extent: E+W

(1) If the chairman of the Agricultural Land Tribunal is prevented by sickness or any other reason from making nominations under sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of the last foregoing paragraph or from otherwise discharging the duties of his office, those duties may be discharged by a person appointed from the panel of deputy-chairmen ... by the chairman or, if the chairman is unable to make the appointment, by the Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor
(2) 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 sub-paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/48/schedule/NINTH/paragraph/16A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-1947/schedule-NINTH/paragraph-16A
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