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Paragraph 396

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

(1)

Section 10C (status) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (3) for “given by the Lord Chancellor from time to time” substitute “ given by the Lord Chief Justice from time to time after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”.

(3)

After subsection (4) insert—

“(5)

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.”