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Paragraph 168

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

(1)

Section 61 (right of audience by direction) is amended as follows.

(2)

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

(3)

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 this section.”