Courts Act 2003 ("CA 2003") Further amendments to the Courts Act 2003
Paragraph 33(2) amends section 70 of the CA 2003 (Criminal Procedure Rule Committee) so that a person authorised to provide legal advice under new section 28(1) of the CA 2003 is required to be a member of the committee (replacing the reference to a justices’ clerk).
	Paragraph 33(3) inserts new section 70(4A) into the CA 2003 to provide that an authorised person appointed to the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee is not subject to the direction of the Lord Chancellor or any other person when exercising a function as a member of the Committee.
	Paragraph 35 makes identical amendments to section 77 of the CA 2003 in respect of a person authorised to provide legal advice under section 31O(1) of the MFPA 1984 in relation to membership of the Family Procedure Rule Committee.
	Part 2 of the Schedule deals with the exercise by court and tribunal staff of functions of the FtT and UT. It provides for court and tribunal staff to be authorised by the Senior President of Tribunals to exercise functions of the tribunal and makes similar provision for the independence, protection and liabilities of such staff as are made in relation to courts in new sections 67D to 67G of the CA 2003.