Version Superseded: 26/02/2018
Point in time view as at 01/04/2010.
Senior Courts Act 1981, Part 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 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)
| Office | Persons qualified |
|---|---|
| Master, Queen's Bench Division | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 7-year basis. |
| Admiralty Registrar | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| Master, Chancery Division | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| Taxing Master of the Senior Courts | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| District judge of the principal registry of the Family Division | 1. A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. 2. A district probate registrar who either— (a) is of at least 5 years' standing, or (b) has, during so much of the 5 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 7 years in the principal registry or a district probate registry.] |
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