145. (1) Subject to this section, the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator shall, in each year—

(a) prepare a business plan in respect of that year or of such other period as may be determined by the Chief Executive Officer of the Courts Service, and

(b) submit the plan to that Chief Executive Officer for approval.

(2) The Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator shall prepare a business plan in a form and manner in accordance with any directions issued by the Chief Executive Officer of the Courts Service (including any time limit by which the plan shall be submitted to him or her) and shall ensure that the plan—

(a) indicates the activities of the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator and the Legal Costs Adjudicators during the period to which the plan relates, and

(b) contains any other information specified by that Chief Executive Officer.

(3) The Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator shall, in preparing a business plan, have regard to the strategic plan prepared under section 144 and in operation at that time.

(4) The Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator shall implement the business plan unless the Chief Executive Officer of the Courts Service, within 30 days of the submission of the business plan, directs the Chief Legal Costs Adjudicator in writing to amend the plan or not to give effect to it.