Part 2: Courts, tribunals and coroners Chapter 2: Online procedure Section 25: Power to change certain requirements relating to the Committee
This section (which is on similar lines to provision made in relation to other rule committees) enables the Lord Chancellor by regulation to alter the composition of the OPRC, by amending section 22, with the concurrence of, the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals and following consultation with senior members of the judiciary. Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure. This flexibility is considered necessary because, as the scope of the Online Procedure Rules increases, it may be necessary to increase the Committee’s membership or widen its expertise in order to assist in making rules.