Section 1 Interpretation.
United Kingdom
In this Chapter “high judicial office” means any of the offices listed in the first column of the Table below, and “relevant service”, in relation to high judicial office, has the meaning given in the second column of that Table.
Table
| Office | Relevant service |
|---|---|
| F1Judge of the Supreme Court. | Service as a F2judge of the Supreme Court or as a judge of the F3Senior Courts, the Court of Session or the F4Court of Judicature. |
| Judge of the Senior CourtsF5. . . . | Service as a judge of the Supreme Court or as any judge of the Senior Courts. |
| Judge of the Court of Session. | Service as a judge of the Supreme Court or as any judge of the Court of Session. |
| Judge of the Court of Judicature. | Service as a judge of the Supreme Court or as any judge of the Court of Judicature. |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 1: words in table entry substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 37(1)(a), 148(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(a)
- F2
S. 1: words in table entries substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 37(1)(b), 148(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(a)
- F3
S. 1: words in table entries substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(2)(a); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
- F4
S. 1: words in table entries substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 25(2)(b); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
- F5
S. 1: words in table entry repealed (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(1), 146, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 110, Sch. 18 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 paras. 11(e), 30(b)