Part 2 U.K.Deployment of judges to the magistrates' courts
4(1)Section 66 of the Courts Act 2003 (judges who have powers of justice of the peace who is a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts)) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (2) after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)Master of the Rolls;
(ab)ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal;
(ac)Senior President of Tribunals;”.
(3)In subsection (2) after paragraph (e) insert—
“(f)Chamber President, or Deputy Chamber President, of a chamber of the Upper Tribunal or of a chamber of the First-tier Tribunal;
(g)judge of the Upper Tribunal by virtue of appointment under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 3 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;
(h)transferred-in judge of the Upper Tribunal (see section 31(2) of that Act);
(i)deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal (whether under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to, or section 31(2) of, that Act);
(j)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);
(k)district judge (which, by virtue of section 8(1C) of the County Courts Act 1984, here includes deputy district judge appointed under section 8 of that Act);
(l)deputy district judge appointed under section 102 of the Senior Courts Act 1981;
(m)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;
(n)transferred-in judge of the First-tier Tribunal (see section 31(2) of that Act);
(o)member of a panel of Employment Judges established for England and Wales or for Scotland.”
(4)After subsection (6) insert—
“(7)This section does not give a person any powers that a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) may have to act in a court or tribunal that is not a magistrates' court.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 14 para. 4 in force at 1.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(g)