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Paragraph 370

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Section 3 (non-judicial members) is amended as follows.

(2)

After subsection (3) insert—

“(4)

The Lord Chancellor may exercise his functions under subsection (2)(b) only with the concurrence of the appropriate senior judge.

(5)

The appropriate senior judge is the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, unless—

(a)

the member to be removed exercises functions wholly or mainly in Scotland, in which case it is the Lord President of the Court of Session, or

(b)

the member to be removed exercises functions wholly or mainly in Northern Ireland, in which case it is the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.”

(3)

In relation to the enactment referred to in this paragraph, the original amending provision is section 1 of the Competition Act 1998.