20.4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the registrar is to sit as clerk of the court.
(2) If the court considers that the registrar ought not to sit as the clerk of the court at a particular hearing because—
(a)the registrar has acted for any of the parties; or
(b)has otherwise been personally connected with the proceedings,
the court must appoint another suitably qualified person to sit as clerk in place of the registrar at the hearing.