{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/section-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/section-80.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/39",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003",
  "path": "section/80",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "80",
  "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 Family Procedure Rules, or\n(b) in consequence of section 75, 76 or 79 or Family 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. 80 renumbered as s. 80(1) (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, Sch. 4 para. 343(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 80(1)(a) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, Sch. 4 para. 343(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 80(2) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 15, Sch. 4 para. 343(4); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 80 partly in force; s. 80 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 110(1)(2); s. 80 in force for certain purposes at 7.10.2005 by S.I. 2005/2744, art. 2(2)(d) (with arts. 2(1), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 80 in force at 12.12.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/2921, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/section/80",
    "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."
  }
}