Paragraph 91
(1)
Section 97 (appeals from the comptroller) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (2) for “or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor” substitute “ the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales after consulting the Lord Chancellor ”.
(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 subsection (2).”