Section 76 Judicial oaths.

England and Wales

(1)

A person holding any of the following offices—

(a)

district judge, including district judge of the principal registry of the Family Division;

(b)

Master of the Queen’s Bench Division;

(c)

F1Master of the Business and Property Division;

(d)

F2Insolvency and Companies Court Judge;

(e)

Taxing Master of the F3Senior Courts;

(f)

Admiralty Registrar,

shall take the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath before a judge of the High Court or a Circuit judge.

(2)

The M1Promissory Oaths Act 1868 shall have effect as if the offices listed in the Second Part of the Schedule to that Act included those offices.

Annotations

F1: Words in s. 76(1)(c) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/723), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 16(3)(a)
F2: Words in s. 76(1)(d) substituted (26.2.2018) by The Alteration of Judicial Titles (Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/130), art. 1, Sch. para. 8(a)
F3: Words in s. 76 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009.1604, {art. 2(d)}