# The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026, Article 2: Amendment of the Senior Courts Act 1981


(1) The Senior Courts Act 1981 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 5(1)(a) (divisions of High Court)—
(a) for “Chancery Division” substitute “Business and Property Division”;
(b) for “the Chancellor of the High Court, who shall be president thereof,” substitute “the President of the Business and Property Division”.
(3) In section 6 (the Patents, Admiralty and Commercial Courts), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) There shall be as part of the Business and Property Division—
(a) a Patents Court,
(b) an Admiralty Court, and
(c) a Commercial Court.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/723/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senior-courts-transfer-amendment-and-consequential-provision-order-2026/article-2
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