Paragraph 33
(1)
Schedule 9 (constitution of Agricultural Land Tribunals) is amended as follows.
(2)
In paragraph 13 (chairman of each Tribunal), in sub-paragraph (4)—
(a)
for “is” substitute “ and Lord Chief Justice are both ”;
(b)
after “may” insert “ , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, ”.
(3)
In paragraph 16A (discharge of chairman's duties)—
(a)
that paragraph becomes sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 16A;
(b)
in that sub-paragraph for “Lord Chancellor” substitute “ Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”;
(c)
after that sub-paragraph insert—
“(2)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 (1).”