PART IIMiscellaneous Amendments of Law relating to England and Wales.
24Extension of descriptions of persons qualified for appointment to offices of Master, Chancery Division and Master, Taxing Office.
(1)
In addition to persons otherwise qualified—
(a)
a registrar of the Chancery Division of the High Court, and a district registrar of that Court, shall be qualified to be appointed a master of the Chancery Division of that Court;
(b)
a district registrar of the High Court, and a registrar of a district for which a court is to be held under section 2 of the County Courts Act 1959, shall be qualified to be appointed a master of the Supreme Court (Taxing Office).
(2)
In this section " the High Court" means Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in England and " the Supreme Court " means the Supreme Court of Judicature in England.