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Paragraph 71

United Kingdom

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

(1)

Section 24 (deputy Circuit judges and assistant Recorders) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

for “the Lord Chancellor” substitute “him”;

(b)

omit “, he may”;

F1(c)

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F2(d)

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(3)

After subsection (5) insert—

“(6)

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 subsection (1)(a).”

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 para. 71(2)(c) omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 34(7); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(e) (with savings in S.I. 2013/2192, regs. 48, 49)

F2

Sch. 4 para. 71(2)(d) omitted (15.7.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 13 para. 89(2)(j); S.I. 2013/1725, art. 2(g)