Senior Courts Act 1981

103 Assistant district registrars.E+W

(1)The Lord Chancellor may appoint [F1assistant district judges] of the High Court in aid of [F2district judges].

(2)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].

(3)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].

(4)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].

(5)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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