Section 25 Definitions: “high judicial office:” superior courts:C2C3C1
United Kingdom
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 F1... 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
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 25: words in the definition omitted (3.4.2006) by virtue of The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1016), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 3
- F2
Words repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1965 (c. 2), Sch. 2
- F3
Words substituted by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c.23, SIF 38), s. 122(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II (1)
- F4
Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (c. 56)
Modifications
- C1
Definition in s. 25 applied (Provinces of Canterbury and York except C.I.and I.of M.) by Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 (No. 1), S. 31(1)
- C2
Definition of “High judicial office” amended by Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1887 (c. 70), s. 5
- C3
Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923, p. 400), art. 2.
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 145, 146, 148, Sch. 17 para. 9, Sch. 18 Pt. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(e)(f)