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Paragraph 76

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

(1)

Section 10A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (proceedings after decree nisi: religious marriage) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (6) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “ after consulting the Lord Chief Justice ”.

(3)

After subsection (7) insert—

“(8)

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.”