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Administration of Justice Act 1970

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45Removal of limit on number of county court judges assignable to a district and of certain registrars appointed jointly

(1)There shall be no limit on the number of judges who may be assigned to a district by direction of the Lord Chancellor under section 4(4) of the [1959 c. 22.] County Courts Act 1959 and, accordingly, for the words in that subsection from "for a district" to " two judges " there shall be substituted the words " there shall be such number of judges for a district as may be specified in the direction ".

(2)In section 18(3) of the said Act of 1959 (which enables the Lord Chancellor, in the case of a populous district, to appoint two persons to execute jointly the office of registrar for the district and on the death, etc. of a joint registrar either to appoint another joint registrar in his place or direct that the continuing registrar shall act as sole registrar)—

(a)for the words " in the case of a populous district, appoint two persons to execute jointly the office of registrar for the district" there shall be substituted the words " appoint two or more persons to execute jointly the office of registrar for a district "; and

(b)at the end there shall be added the words " or, as the case may be, that the continuing registrars shall execute jointly the office of registrar ".

and in the definition of " registrar " and " registrar of a county court" in section 201 of the said Act of 1959, after the word " two " there shall be inserted the words " or more " and after the word " either " there shall be inserted the words " or any ".

(3)In section 84(3) of the [1925 c. 49.] Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (which makes, in relation to the office of district registrar, provision similar to that made by section 18(3) of the said Act of 1959), after the word "two" there shall be inserted the words " or more " and at the end there shall be added the words " or, as the case may be, that the continuing registrars shall execute jointly the office of district registrar ".

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