76 Judicial oaths.E+W
(1)A person holding any of the following offices—
(a)district judge, including district judge of the principal registry of the Family Division;
(b)Master of the Queen’s Bench Division;
(c)Master of the Chancery Division;
(d)[F1Insolvency and Companies Court Judge] ;
(e)Taxing Master of the [F2Senior Courts] ;
(f)Admiralty Registrar,
shall take the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath before a judge of the High Court or a Circuit judge.
(2)The M1Promissory Oaths Act 1868 shall have effect as if the offices listed in the Second Part of the Schedule to that Act included those offices.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 76(1)(d) 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. 8(a)
F2Words in s. 76 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009.1604, {art. 2(d)}
Marginal Citations