Paragraph 129
(1)
Section 61 (distribution of business among Divisions) is amended as follows).
(2)
In subsection (3)—
(a)
for “Lord Chancellor may” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, ”;
(b)
in paragraph (b) for “appears to him” substitute “ appears to the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor ”.
(3)
After subsection (8) insert—
“(9)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 subsection (3).”