Commentary on Sections Schedule 14: Deployment of the judiciary Section 29: Supreme Court chief executive, officers and staff
448.Subsection (1) amends section 48 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 making the President of the UK Supreme Court responsible for the appointment of the Chief Executive of the UK Supreme Court instead of the Lord Chancellor.
449.Subsection (3) amends section 49 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 removing the requirement that the Lord Chancellor agree the numbers of officers and staff of the UK Supreme Court, and the terms on which these officers and staff are to be appointed.
450.Subsection (4) amends the same section inserting a new subsection (2A) which provides that all UK Supreme Court staff and officers, including the Chief Executive, are civil servants.