Part I Constitution and Administration

Judges

5F1Judges of the county court

1

A person is a judge of the county court if the person—

a

is a Circuit judge,

b

is a district judge (which, by virtue of section 8(1C), here includes a deputy district judge appointed under section 8), or

c

is within subsection (2),

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A person is within this subsection (and so, by virtue of subsection (1)(c), is a judge of the county court) if the person—

a

is the Lord Chief Justice,

b

is the Master of the Rolls,

c

is the President of the Queen's Bench Division,

d

is the President of the Family Division,

e

is the Chancellor of the High Court,

f

is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal (including the vice-president, if any, of either division of that court),

g

is the Senior President of Tribunals,

h

is a puisne judge of the High Court,

i

is a deputy judge of the High Court,

j

is the Judge Advocate General,

k

is a Recorder,

l

is a person who holds an office listed—

i

in the first column of the table in section 89(3C) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (senior High Court masters etc), or

ii

in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act (High Court masters etc),

m

is a deputy district judge appointed under section 102 of that Act,

n

is a Chamber President, or a Deputy Chamber President, of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal or of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal,

o

is a judge of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007,

p

is a transferred-in judge of the Upper Tribunal (see section 31(2) of that Act),

q

is a deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal (whether under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to, or section 31(2) of, that Act),

r

is a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts),

s

is a person appointed under section 30(1)(a) or (b) of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951 (assistants to the Judge Advocate General),

t

is a judge of the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007,

u

is a transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2) of that Act), or

v

is a member of a panel of Employment Judges established for England and Wales or for Scotland.