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1 Schedule 6 (transitional provisions) is amended as follows. 2 Omit paragraph 6(a). 3 In paragraph 9(b) after “Lord Chancellor” insert “ after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice ” . 4 After paragraph 9 insert— 9A The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under paragraph 9— 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). 5 Omit paragraphs 11(3), 14 and 17.