Paragraph 5 Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54)I1 I2

United Kingdom

(1)

The Senior Courts Act 1981 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 9 (assistance for transaction of judicial business)—

(a)

in subsection (1), in the table—

(i)

in the heading to column 1 omit “or ex-judge”;

(ii)

omit rows 2 and 4;

(b)

in subsection (2B), omit the words from the beginning to “Table,”;

(c)

omit subsection (2C);

(d)

in subsection (3), omit paragraphs (a) and (b);

(e)

omit subsection (8)(a).

(3)

In section 91 (deputies and temporary appointments)—

(a)

in subsection (1ZC), omit the words from “, or”, the first time it occurs, to “effect”;

(b)

in subsection (2), omit the words from the beginning to “(3),”;

(c)

omit subsection (3).

(4)

In section 92 (tenure of office of certain officers of Senior Courts), in subsection (1), omit “and to section 91(3)”.

(5)

In section 102 (deputy district judges), omit subsections (1B), (1C) and (3).

Annotations

I1: Sch. 4 para. 5 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 131(1)
I2: Sch. 4 para. 5 in force at 1.10.2022 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/1014, reg. 2(d) (with reg. 3)