Paragraph 12 Senior Courts Act 1981

(1)

The Senior Courts Act 1981^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the following provisions, for “Chancellor of the High Court” substitute “President of the Business and Property Division”—

(a)

section 2 (the Court of Appeal), in subsections (2)(h) and (6);

(b)

section 4 (the High Court), in subsections (1)(d) and (6);

(c)

section 7 (power to alter Divisions or transfer certain courts to different Divisions), in subsection (2);

(d)

section 10 (appointment of judges of Senior Courts), in subsections (1), (3)(a) and (5)(d);

(e)

section 11 (tenure of office of judges of Senior Courts), in subsection (9)(a);

(f)

section 13 (precedence of judges of Senior Courts), in subsections (3) and (4);

(g)

section 98 (judges’ clerks and secretaries), in subsection (1).

(3)

In section 89 (masters and registrars), in subsection (3C), in the table, for the entry relating to the Chief Chancery Master substitute—

“

Chief Master of the Business and Property Division Master of the Business and Property Division

”.

(4)

In Schedule 1 (distribution of business in High Court), in paragraph 1 (and the heading before it), for “Chancery Division” substitute “Business and Property Division”.

(5)

In Part 2 of Schedule 2 (list of offices in Senior Courts for purposes of Part 4), in the first column of the table (office), for “Master, Chancery Division” substitute “Master, Business and Property Division”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 115 of Schedule 4, paragraph 22 of Schedule 17 and Schedule 18 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) (“the 2005 Act”). Section 4(1) and (6) was amended by section 72(6) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), section 69(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22), paragraph 117 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 18 to the 2005 Act, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 13 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22). Section 7(2) was amended by paragraph 120 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 18 to the 2005 Act. Section 10(1), (3) and (5) was amended by section 71(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, paragraph 122 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2005 Act and paragraph 13(3) of Schedule 10 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15). Section 11(9)(a) was amended by paragraph 123 of Schedule 4 to the 2005 Act. Section 13(3) and (4) was amended by paragraph 125 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2005 Act. Section 98(1) was amended by paragraph 142 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 26 of Schedule 11 to the 2005 Act. Part 2 of Schedule 2 was amended by paragraph 6 of the Schedule to S.I. 2018/130. Section 89(3C) was amended by section 2(1) of the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (c. 33) and paragraph 6 of the Schedule to S.I. 2018/130. There are other amendments, but none is relevant.