{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-331",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-331.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/331",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "331",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 64 (power to alter judicial titles) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)—\n(a) omit “Vice-Chancellor”;\n(b) insert at the appropriate place—\n(i) “ Chancellor of the High Court ”;\n(ii) “ Deputy Head of Civil Justice ”;\n(iii) “ Deputy Head of Criminal Justice ”;\n(iv) “ Deputy Head of Family Justice ”;\n(v) “ Head of Civil Justice ”;\n(vi) “ Head of Criminal Justice ”;\n(vii) “ Head of Family Justice ”;\n(viii) “ President of the Courts of England and Wales ”;\n(ix) “ President of the Queen's Bench Division ”.\n(3) After subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) The Lord Chancellor may make an order under this section only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice.”\n(4) In subsection (4)—\n(a) omit paragraph (a);\n(b) for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—\n“(ba) the President of the Queen's Bench Division,\n(c) the President of the Family Division, and\n(d) the Chancellor of the High Court.”\n(5) After subsection (6) insert—\n“(7) 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.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 331 partly in force; Sch. 4 para. 331 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 148; Sch. 4 para. 331(1)(2)(a)(b)(i)(ii)(v)-(ix)(3)-(5) in force at 3.4.2006 by S.I 2006/1014 {art. 2(a)}, Sch. 1 para. 11(z)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/25",
      "affecting_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/15",
      "affecting_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/15",
      "affecting_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/4/paragraph/331",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:37.085861+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}