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Paragraph 141

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

(1)

Section 96 (Central Office) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1) leave out “Lord Chancellor may” and insert “ Lord Chief Justice may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, ”.

(3)

In subsection (2) for “of the Lord Chancellor under this section” substitute “ under subsection (1) ”.

(4)

After subsection (2) insert—

“(3)

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.”