SCHEDULES

F1F2SCHEDULE 2 List of Offices in Supreme Court for Purposes of Part IV

Annotations:

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. Office

2. 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. Office

2. 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. Office

2. 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.