Part 3 Deployment of Judges to the Court of Protection
Crime and Courts Act 2013 (2013 c 22) | Legislation

Part 3 Deployment of Judges to the Court of Protection

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(1)     Section 46 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (judges of the Court of Protection) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2) (persons who may be nominated as court's judges) omit the “or†at the end of paragraph (d) and, after paragraph (e), insert

“,

(f)     a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts),

(g)     a judge of the First-tier Tribunal, or of the Upper Tribunal, by virtue of appointment under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 or 3 to the Tribunals, Courts

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