The Lord Chancellor may appoint F1assistant district judges of the High Court in aid of F2district judges.

A person shall not be qualified for appointment as an F1assistant district judge unless he is a F3district judge for a county court district or an assistant F3district judge for a county court district.

An F1assistant district judge of any district registry shall be capable of discharging any of the functions of the F2district judge, and in so doing shall have the same jurisdiction as the F2district judge.

A F2district judge of any registry where there is an F1assistant district judge may divide the duties of his office as he thinks fit between himself and the F1assistant district judge.

Subsections (4) to (6) of section 92 shall apply in relation to a person appointed as an F1assistant district 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 F1assistant district judge at such time as, for any cause whatever, he vacates his office as F3district judge for a county court district or, as the case may be, assistant F3district judge for a county court district (unless in the latter case he is thereupon appointed a F3district judge for a county court district).

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