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Administration of Justice Act 1973

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16 Appointment of deputy district registrars of High Court and deputy county court registrars.

(1) If it appears to the Lord Chancellor that it is expedient as a temporary measure to make an appointment under this subsection in order to facilitate the disposal of business in the High Court, he may appoint a person to be a deputy district registrar in any district registry of the High Court during such period or on such occasions as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit; and a deputy district registrar, while acting under his appointment, shall have the same powers as if he were the district registrar. (2)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) After the coming into force of this section no further appointment shall be made of provisional district registrars or deputy district registrars under section 84 of the Court of Judicature(Consolidation) Act 1925 or section 11 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956, or of deputy county court registrars under section 27 of the County Courts Act 1959; and on the coming into force of this section any person then holding office as deputy district registrar or deputy county court registrar shall vacate that office, but so that subsections (4), (5) and (6) above shall thereafter apply to him as if he had been appointed under this section for a period then expiring.

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16 Appointment of deputy district registrars of High Court and deputy county court registrars.

(1) If it appears to the Lord Chancellor that it is expedient as a temporary measure to make an appointment under this subsection in order to facilitate the disposal of business in the High Court, he may appoint a person to be a deputy district registrar in any district registry of the High Court during such period or on such occasions as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit; and a deputy district registrar, while acting under his appointment, shall have the same powers as if he were the district registrar. (2)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) After the coming into force of this section no further appointment shall be made of provisional district registrars or deputy district registrars under section 84 of the Court of Judicature(Consolidation) Act 1925 or section 11 of the Administration of Justice Act 1956, or of deputy county court registrars under section 27 of the County Courts Act 1959; and on the coming into force of this section any person then holding office as deputy district registrar or deputy county court registrar shall vacate that office, but so that subsections (4), (5) and (6) above shall thereafter apply to him as if he had been appointed under this section for a period then expiring.

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