Section 100 District judgesF1
England and Wales
The Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor—
may assign a district judge to one or more district registries;
may change an assignment so as to assign the district judge to a different district registry or registries (or to no district registry).
A reference in any enactment or other instrument to the district judge of a district registry is a reference to any district judge assigned to the registry concerned.
Every district judge is, by virtue of his office, capable of acting in any district registry whether or not assigned to it, but may do so only in accordance with arrangements made by or on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice.
Whilst a district judge is assigned to one or more district registries in accordance with subsection (1) he is a district judge of the High Court.
The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under subsection (1).
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 100 substituted (3.4.2006) for ss. 100, 101 by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 14, 148, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 9
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S. 100(5) inserted (19.7.2007) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 56, 148, Sch. 11 para. 2
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act: "The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) may be cited as the Senior Courts Act 1981" (1.10.2009) by virtue of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 1(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
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Act: words substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 26(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)