{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-124",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005/schedule-5/paragraph-124.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/constitutional-reform-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/124",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "124",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 4 (functions of justices of the peace) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 4 (amendment of Schedule by order), after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, ”.\n(3) In paragraph 5 (consequential amendments by order) after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, ”.\n(4) After paragraph 5 insert—\n“5A The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph 4 or 5—\n(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26);\n(b) a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "entries repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2007/15",
      "affecting_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2015/9",
      "affecting_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/4/schedule/5/paragraph/124",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:37.085861+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}