President of the Courts of England and Wales

1 The Lord Chief Justice holds the office of President of the Courts of England and Wales and is Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales. 2 As President of the Courts of England and Wales he is responsible— a for representing the views of the judiciary of England and Wales to Parliament, to the Lord Chancellor and to Ministers of the Crown generally; b for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the welfare, training and guidance of the judiciary of England and Wales within the resources made available by the Lord Chancellor; c for the maintenance of appropriate arrangements for the deployment of the judiciary of England and Wales and the allocation of work within courts. 3 The President of the Courts of England and Wales is president of the courts listed in subsection (4) and is entitled to sit in any of those courts. 4 The courts are— the Court of Appeal the High Court the Crown Court the family court the county court the magistrates' courts. 5 In section 1 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54), subsection (2)(Lord Chancellor to be president of the Supreme Court of England and Wales) ceases to have effect.