In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the following expressions have the meaning herein-after respectively assigned to them; that is to say.

• “High judicial office” means any of the following offices: that is to say,

  The office of F5... Judge of one of Her Majesty’s superior courts of Great Britain and Ireland:

• “Superior courts of Great Britain and Ireland” means and includes,—

  • As to England, Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice and Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal, . . . F2; and

  • F3As to Northern Ireland, Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland and Her Majesty’s Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland; and

  • As to Scotland, the Court of Session:

  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4