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Paragraph 387

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

(1)

Section 1 (Commission areas) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2) for “by the Lord Chancellor by order made by statutory instrument” substitute “ by order made by the Lord Chancellor, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, by statutory instrument ”.

(3)

After subsection (3) insert—

“(4)

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.”