100 District registrars.E+W
(1)Subject to subsection (2), for each district registry the Lord Chancellor shall appoint a person who is a [F1district judge for a county court district, appointed under section 6 of the County Courts Act 1984, as a district judge of the High Court.]
(2)The Lord Chancellor may, if he thinks fit, appoint two or more persons who are [district judges for a county court district] to execute jointly the office of [F2district judge] in any district registry.
(3)Where joint [district judges] are appointed under subsection (2), the Lord Chancellor may—
(a)give directions with respect to the division between them of the duties of the office of [F2district judge]; and
(b)as he thinks fit, on the death, resignation or removal of one of them, either appoint in place of that person another person to be joint [F2district judge], or give directions that the continuing [F2district judge] shall act as sole [F2district judge] or (as the case may be) that the continuing [district judges] shall execute jointly the office of [F2district judge].
(4)Subsections (4) to (6) of section 92 shall apply in relation to a person appointed as a [F2district judge] as they apply in relation to a person appointed to an office to which subsection (1) of that section applies, except that he shall vacate his office as [F2district judge] at such time as, for any cause whatever, he vacates his office as [F3district judge for a county court district].
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Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 40(1)
F2Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 40(2)(b)
F3Words substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 125(3), Sch. 18 para. 40(2)(a)