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Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
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13(1)The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) is amended as follows.
(2)In section 10(3) (Lord Justice of Appeal and puisne judge of High Court), in paragraphs (b) and (c), for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—
“(i)he satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 7-year basis; or”.
(3)For Schedule 2 (eligibility for appointment to certain offices) substitute—
Sections 88 to 95
“SCHEDULE 2List of offices in Senior Courts for purposes of Part 4
Part 1
| Office | Persons qualified |
|---|---|
| Official Solicitor | A person who has a 10 year general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990). |
Part 2
| Office | Persons qualified |
|---|---|
| Master, Queen’s Bench Division | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| Queen’s Coroner and Attorney and Master of the Crown Office and Registrar of Criminal Appeals | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 7-year basis. |
| Admiralty Registrar | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| Master, Chancery Division | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| Taxing Master of the Senior Courts | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. |
| District judge of the principal registry of the Family Division | 1. A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. 2. A district probate registrar who either— (a) is of at least 5 years' standing, or (b) has, during so much of the 5 years immediately preceding his appointment as he has not been a district probate registrar, served as a civil servant in the principal registry or a district probate registry. 3. A civil servant who has served at least 7 years in the principal registry or a district probate registry. |
Part 3
| Office | Persons qualified |
|---|---|
| District probate registrar | 1. A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis. 2. A civil servant who has served at least 5 years in the principal registry of the Family Division or a district probate registry.” |
(4)Part 2 of the Schedule substituted by sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph shall have effect until the coming into force of section 45(6) of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c. 9) as if it also contained the following entry—
| “Master of the Court of Protection | A person who satisfies the judicial-appointment eligibility condition on a 5-year basis.” |
(5)At any time before the coming into force of section 59(1) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) (renaming of Supreme Court), the references to the Senior Courts in the Schedule substituted by sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph are to be read as references to the Supreme Court.
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