# Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Paragraph 290


(1) Schedule 8 (detention) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 29 (warrants of further detention)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (4)(a) for “by the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (4)(c) for “by the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ by the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”;
(c) after sub-paragraph (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 sub-paragraph (4)(a).
(6) The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under sub-paragraph (4)(c)—
(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;
(b) a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).”

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/4/paragraph/290 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-290
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.