Paragraph 319
(1)
Section 17 (chairman and deputy chairmen) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (3) for “Lord Chancellor, or a person acting on his behalf, may” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, ”.
(3)
After subsection (5) insert—
“(6)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.”