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Paragraph 86

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

(1)

Article 10 (role of the courts with respect to maintenance for children) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (5), after “Lord Chancellor may” insert “ , with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, ”.

(3)

After paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A)

The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph (5)—

(a)

the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b)

a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).”