Commentary on provisions of Act Section 3: Authorised court and tribunal staff: legal advice and judicial functions
Section 3(1) gives effect to the Schedule.
	Section 3(2)-(4) give the Secretary of State or Lord Chancellor a narrow power to, by regulations, make consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision in relation to the authorised staff provisions in the Schedule. Such regulations will be subject to the negative Parliamentary procedure.
	The effect of this provision is to ensure effective and orderly implementation of the provisions of the Schedule and to avoid any legislative inconsistencies in secondary legislation. The power will primarily be used to remove references to "justices’ clerk" in secondary legislation, which is necessary because the Act abolishes the justices’ clerk role.
	The power in Section 3(2)-(4) will not be used to amend primary legislation. The consequential amendments to primary legislation have already been identified and provision for them is made in the Schedule to the Act.