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Paragraph 151

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

(1)

Section 93 (judicial authorities and Court of Protection) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1) for “Lord Chancellor shall” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice shall, after consulting the Lord Chancellor, ”.

(3)

In subsection (3) for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice ”.

(4)

In subsection (4) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, ”.

(5)

After subsection (4) insert—

“(5)

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 (1), (3) or (4).”