Senior Courts Act 1981

[F1 F2 SCHEDULE 2 E+W List of Offices in Supreme Court for Purposes of Part IV

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 71(2), Sch. 10 para. 49

F2 Sch. 2 substituted (21.7.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 50, 148, Sch. 10 para. 13(3)-(5); S.I. 2008/1653, art. 2(d) (with arts. 3, 4)

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 E+W

1. Office	2. Persons qualified
F3 . . .	F3 . . .
	F3 . . .
2. Official Solicitor.	2. A person who has a 10 year general qualification.

Textual Amendments

F3 Entry in Sch. 2 Pt. I relating to the Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor and the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery repealed (17.12.1997) by 1997 c. 69, s. 1(1) (with s. 1(2))

Part II E+W

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.. . ..	10. F4 . . .
11. Master of the Court of Protection.	11. A person who has a 7 year general qualification.

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 2 Pt. II entry 10 repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(3)(f), Sch. 15 Pt. III (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9))

Part III E+W

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.