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[F1Part IAE+W Certain Office–Holders Eligible for Appointment as Circuit Judges
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2 Pt. IA inserted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 71(2), Sch. 10 para. 31(2)
Social Security Commissioner appointed under section 97 of the M1 Social Security Act 1975.
President of Social Security Appeal Tribunals and Medical Appeal Tribunals or Chairman of such a tribunal appointed under Schedule 10 to that Act.
F2 [ President of the Employment Tribunals (England and Wales) or member of a panel of [F3Employment Judges] established by regulations under section 1(1) of the M2 Employment Tribunals Act 1996 for employment tribunals for England and Wales. ]
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 2 Pt. IA entry substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 15, Sch. 1 para. 1; S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2, Sch. 1
F3Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1A substituted (1.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 14 para. 13(1); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 3(g)
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President or member of the Immigration Appeal Tribunal appointed under Schedule 5 to the Immigration Act M3 1971.
F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 2 para. 1A entry omitted (1.6.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), arts. 1, 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 98 (with Sch. 5)
President of Pensions Appeal Tribunals appointed under the Schedule to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act M4 1943.
F5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 2 Pt. 1A entry omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1 para. 63
F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 2 Pt. 1A entry omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. 1 para. 63(b)
[F7Senior coroner appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 ]
Textual Amendments
F7Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1A substituted (25.7.2013) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(4)(e), Sch. 21 para. 22 (with s. 180); S.I. 2013/1869, art. 2(o)(xi)
Master of the Queen’s Bench Division.
Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals.
Admiralty Registrar.
Master of the Chancery Division.
[F8Insolvency and Companies Court Judge] .
Textual Amendments
F8Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1A substituted (26.2.2018) by The Alteration of Judicial Titles (Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/130), art. 1, Sch. para. 4
Taxing Master of the [F9 Senior Courts ] F9 .
Textual Amendments
F9Words in Sch. 2 Pt. IA substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(b)(d)
District judge of the principal registry of the Family Division.
Registrar of Civil Appeals.
F10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F10Sch. 2 Pt. 1A: reference to a "Master of the Court of Protection" repealed (1.10.2007) by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9), ss. 67(1)(2), 68(1), Sch. 6 para. 17, Sch. 7 (with ss. 27, 28, 29, 62); S.I. 2007/1897, art. 2(1)(c)(d)
District judge.
[F11District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts)]]
Textual Amendments
F11Words in Sch. 2 Pt. IA substituted (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 78, Sch. 11 para. 19 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3
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