The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1973

4.  Order 48, rule 1, shall be amended as follows:—

(1) At the end of paragraph (1) there shall be added the following paragraph:—

“In this paragraph “registrar” includes the registrar of a district registry or county court, and where the Court appoints such a registrar without specifying him personally, the examination may, if he thinks fit, be conducted on his behalf by a nominated officer of that registry or county court.”

(2) In paragraph (3) after the words “or practice master” there shall be inserted the words “(or, in the case of an examination at the principal registry of the Family Division, a district registry or a county court, a registrar of that registry, district registry or county court respectively)”.

(3) For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(4) In this rule “nominated officer” in relation to an examination which is to take place at the Central Office, the principal registry of the Family Division, a district registry or a county court means such of the officers of that Office, registry, district registry or county court of a grade not lower than that of higher executive officer as may be nominated for the purposes of this rule by the senior master, the senior registrar of the Family Division or the registrar of that district registry or county court respectively.”