Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

Master, Registrar etcE+W

49For Schedule 2 to that Act (which sets out the persons eligible for appointment to certain offices in the Supreme Court) there shall be substituted—

“Schedule 2E+W List of Offices in Supreme Court for Purposes of Part IV

References in this Schedule to a person having a general qualification shall be construed in accordance with section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.

Part I
1.Office2.Persons qualified
1. Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.1.—(1) A person who has a 10 year general qualification.(2) A civil servant who has served at least 5 years in the Lord Chancellor’s Department.
2. Official Solicitor.2. A person who has a 10 year general qualification.
Part II
1.Office2.Persons qualified
3. Master, Queen’s Bench Division.3. A person who has a 7 year general qualification.
4. Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals.4. A person who has a 10 year general qualification.
5. Admiralty Registrar.5. A person who has a 7 year general qualification.
6. Master, Chancery Division.6. A person who has a 7 year general qualification.
7. Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court.7. A person who has a 7 year general qualification.
8. Taxing Master of the Supreme Court.8. A person who has a 7 year general qualification.
9. District judge of the principal registry of the Family Division.9.—(1) A person who has a 7 year general qualification.(2) A district probate registrar who either— (a) is of at least 5 years’ standing; or (b) has, during so much of the 10 years immediately preceding his appointment as he has not been a district probate registrar, served as a civil servant in the principal registry or a district probate registry.(3) A civil servant who has served at least 10 years in the principal registry or a district probate registry.
10. Registrar of Civil Appeals.10. A person who has a 10 year general qualification.
11. Master of the Court of Protection.11. A person who has a 7 year general qualification.
Part III
1.Office2.Persons qualified
12. District probate registrar.12.—(1) A person who has a 5 year general qualification.(2) A civil servant who has served at least 5 years in the principal registry of the Family Division or a district probate registry.”