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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senior-courts-transfer-amendment-and-consequential-provision-order-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/723",
  "legislation_title": "The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/senior-courts-transfer-amendment-and-consequential-provision-order-2026",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Constitutional Reform Act 2005",
  "text": "(1) The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 is amended as follows.\n(2) In the following provisions, for “Chancellor of the High Court” substitute “President of the Business and Property Division”—\n(a) section 16 (functions of the Lord Chief Justice during vacancy or incapacity), in subsection (3)(d);\n(b) section 52 (fees), in subsection (5)(i);\n(c) section 60 (interpretation of Part 3), in subsection (1), in paragraph (i) of the definition of “the senior judges”;\n(d) section 67 (selection of Lord Chief Justice and Heads of Division), in subsection (1)(e);\n(e) section 109 (disciplinary powers: interpretation), in subsection (5)(d);\n(f) section 122 (interpretation of Part 4), in paragraph (d) of the definition of “Head of Division”.\n(3) In Schedule 4 (other functions of the Lord Chancellor and organisation of the courts)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1) and (2), for “Chancellor of the High Court” substitute “President of the Business and Property Division”;\n(b) in paragraph 6, for “Chancery Division” substitute “Business and Property Division”.\n(4) In Table 2 of Schedule 14 (the Judicial Appointments Commission: relevant offices and enactments)—\n(a) for “Master, Chancery Division” substitute “Master, Business and Property Division”;\n(b) for “Chief Chancery Master” substitute “Chief Master of the Business and Property Division”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2005 c. 4; section 67(1) was amended by paragraph 56(a) of Schedule 13 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). Table 2 in Schedule 14 was amended by paragraph 29(3) of Schedule 13 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013, section 2(2) of the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (c. 33) and paragraph 11 of the Schedule to S.I. 2018/130. There are other amendments, but none is relevant."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/723/schedule/1/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:58:52.873409+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."
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