Paragraph 350

Schedule 1 (constitution and procedure of courts boards) is amended as follows.

For paragraph 1 substitute—

“1

(1)

The members of each courts board are to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor.

(2)

The Lord Chancellor may appoint a member of a description mentioned in paragraph 2(a) only with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice.”

In paragraph 8 (meaning of regulations) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “after consulting the Lord Chief Justice”.

After paragraph 8 insert—

“9

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 Schedule.”