Part 1 Deployment Under Section 9 of the Senior Courts Act 1981

SCHEDULE 14 Deployment of the Judiciary

Section 21

Part 1 Deployment Under Section 9 of the Senior Courts Act 1981

Requests for assistance under section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981

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(1)     Section 9 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 (which includes provision for certain judges to act as judges of other courts) is amended as follows.

(2)     In the table in subsection (1) (judges deployable to certain courts) in column 2 of each of entries 2 and 4 (person who has been a judge of the Court of Appeal, or has been a puisne judge of the High Court, may be asked to act as a judge of the Court of Appeal, High Court or Crown Court) before “and the Crown Court†insert “, the family court, the county courtâ€.

(3)     In that table after entry 4 insert—

“4A The Senior President of Tribunals.The Court of Appeal and the High Court.â€

(4)     In that table, in column 1 of entry 6 (Recorders) after “Recorder†insert “or a person within subsection (1ZB)â€.

(5)     After subsection (1) insert—

“(1ZA)     The Senior President of Tribunals is to be treated as not being within

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