Paragraph 10 Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)I1I2

Section 64 of the Courts Act 2003 (power to alter judicial titles) is amended as follows.

After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)

The Lord Chancellor may by order—

(a)

alter the name of a relevant office;

(b)

provide for or alter the way in which a relevant office is to be styled.

(2B)

In subsection (2A) “a relevant office” is a sitting in retirement office under section 123 of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 for which the corresponding original office is listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to that Act.”

In subsection (5), after “(1)” insert “, (2A)”.