The Lord Chief Justice, after consulting the Lord Chancellor—
A reference in any enactment or other instrument to the district judge of a district registry is a reference to any district judge assigned to the registry concerned.
Every district judge is, by virtue of his office, capable of acting in any district registry whether or not assigned to it, but may do so only in accordance with arrangements made by or on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice.
Whilst a district judge is assigned to one or more district registries in accordance with subsection (1) he is a district judge of the High Court.
The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under subsection (1).