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1 Section 5 (divisions of the High Court) is amended as follows. 2 In subsection (1)(a) for the words from “the Lord Chancellor” to “vice-president thereof,” substitute “ the Chancellor of the High Court, who shall be president thereof, ” . 3 In subsection (1)(b) for “who shall be president thereof” substitute “ , the President of the Queen's Bench Division ” . 4 In subsection (2) for “of the Lord Chancellor” in each place substitute “ given by the Lord Chief Justice after consulting the Lord Chancellor ” . 5 In subsection (3) for the words from “with the concurrence of” to the end substitute with the concurrence of both of the following— a the senior judge of the Division to which the judge is attached; b the senior judge of the Division of which the judge is to act as an additional judge. 6 After subsection (5) insert— 6 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 subsection (2).