{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-and-legal-services-act-1990/schedule-10/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/41",
  "legislation_title": "Courts and Legal Services Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-and-legal-services-act-1990",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In section 16(3) of the Courts Act 1971 (appointment of Circuit judges) for the words from “unless he is a barrister\" to the end there shall be substituted\n“unless—\n(a) he has a 10 year Crown Court or 10 year county court qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;\n(b) he is a Recorder; or\n(c) he has held as a full-time appointment for at least 3 years one of the offices listed in Part IA of Schedule 2.”\n(2) After Part I of Schedule 2 to that Act (certain office-holders to be circuit judges) there shall be inserted the following—\n“Part IA\nCertain office-holders eligible for appointment as Circuit Judges\nSocial Security Commissioner appointed under section 97 of the Social Security Act 1975.\nPresident of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Medical Appeal Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal appointed under Schedule 10 to that Act.\nPresident of Employment Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal appointed under the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) Regulations 1965.\nPresident or member of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal appointed under Schedule 5 to the Immigration Act 1971.\nMember (excluding the President) of the Lands Tribunal appointed under section 2 of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949.\nPresident of Pensions Appeal Tribunals appointed under the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943.\nPresident of Value Added Tax Tribunals or chairman of such a tribunal appointed under Schedule 8 to the Value Added Tax Act 1983.\nSpecial Commissioner appointed under section 4 of the Taxes Management Act 1970.\nCoroner appointed under section 2 of the Coroners Act 1988.\nMaster of the Queen’s Bench Division.\nQueen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals.\nAdmiralty Registrar.\nMaster of the Chancery Division.\nRegistrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court.\nTaxing Master of the Supreme Court.\nDistrict judge of the principal registry of the Family Division.\nRegistrar of Civil Appeals.\nMaster of the Court of Protection.\nDistrict judge.\nStipendiary magistrate.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9 para. 31 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/41/schedule/10/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:42:54.699974+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}