Part 3The Supreme Court

Supplementary

60Interpretation of Part 3

1

In this Part—

  • “part of the United Kingdom” means England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;

  • “the senior judges” means—

    1. a

      the judges of the Supreme Court;

    2. b

      the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;

    3. c

      the Master of the Rolls;

    4. d

      the Lord President of the Court of Session;

    5. e

      the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland;

    6. f

      the Lord Justice Clerk;

    7. g

      the President of the Queen's Bench Division;

    8. h

      the President of the Family Division;

    9. i

      the Chancellor of the High Court;

  • “the Supreme Court” means the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

2

In this Part—

a

“high judicial office” means office as a judge of any of the following courts—

i

the Supreme Court;

ii

the Court of Appeal in England and Wales;

iii

the High Court in England and Wales;

iv

the Court of Session;

v

the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland;

vi

the High Court in Northern Ireland;

or as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary;

b

a person appointed to the office of Lord Chancellor on or after 12 June 2003 who holds, or held, office of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) (“the qualifying office”) is to be regarded as holding, or having held, high judicial office only if—

i

he has ceased to be Lord Chancellor by virtue of that appointment, and

ii

he holds, or held, the qualifying office otherwise than by virtue of that appointment as Lord Chancellor.

3

In this Part—

a

“ordinary judge” means a judge of the Supreme Court who is not the President or the Deputy President of the Court;

b

the senior ordinary judge at any time is, of the ordinary judges at that time, the one who has served longest as a judge of the Court (whether over one or more periods and whether or not including one or more previous periods as President or Deputy President).

4

Service as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary counts as service as a judge of the Court for the purposes of subsection (3)(b).

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