# Senior Courts Act 1981, Part 2

Extent: E+W

Office
Persons qualified
Master, Queen's Bench Division
A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.
Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals
A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 7-year basis.
Admiralty Registrar
A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.
Master, Business and Property Division
A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.
Insolvency and Companies Court Judge
A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.
Taxing Master of the Senior Courts
A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.
District judge of the principal registry of the Family Division
1. A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.
2. A district probate registrar who either—
(a)is of at least 5 years' standing, or
(b)has, during so much of the 5 years immediately preceding his appointment as he has not been a district probate registrar, served as a civil servant in the principal registry or a district probate registry.
3. A civil servant who has served at least 7 years in the principal registry or a district probate registry.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/schedule/2/part/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senior-courts-act-1981/schedule-2/part-2
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