# The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026, Paragraph 12: Senior Courts Act 1981


(1) The Senior Courts Act 1981 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/723/schedule/1/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/senior-courts-transfer-amendment-and-consequential-provision-order-2026/schedule-1/paragraph-12
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