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Paragraph 134

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Section 78 (Crown Court: sittings) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (3) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “ after consulting the Lord Chief Justice ”.

(3)

After subsection (3) insert—

“(4)

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.”