{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/section-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/section-73.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/39",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003",
  "path": "section/73",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Power to amend legislation in connection with the rules",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor may, ... after consulting the Lord Chief Justice, by order amend, repeal or revoke any enactment to the extent that he considers necessary or desirable—\n(a) in order to facilitate the making of Criminal Procedure Rules, or\n(b) in consequence of section 69 or 72 or Criminal Procedure Rules.\n(2) 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.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 73 renumbered as s. 73(1) (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, Sch. 4 para. 337(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 73(1) omitted (22.8.2007) by virtue of The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), art. 8, Sch. para. 8(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 73(1) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, Sch. 4 para. 337(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 73(2) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, Sch. 4 para. 337(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 73(1): functions transferred (22.8.2007) by virtue of The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), art. 4(1)(b) (with art. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 73 wholly in force at 1.9.2004, see s. 110(1)(2) and S.I. 2004/2066, art. 2(b)(iii) (subject to art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/section/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:53.122162+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}