The power to make appointments to the offices in the Senior Courts listed in column 1 of Parts II and III of Schedule 2 shall be exercisable by Her Majesty.
The maximum number of appointments under subsection (1) is such as may be determined from time to time by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Treasury.
The person appointed to the office of Queen's coroner and attorney and master of the Crown Office and Registrar of criminal appeals shall, by virtue of his appointment, be a master of the Queen's Bench Division.
Her Majesty shall, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, appoint a person to each office listed in the first column of the table in subsection (3C) ("a senior office").
A person may be appointed to a senior office only if—
Where a person who is to be appointed to a senior office meets the condition in subsection (3A)(b) he shall, when appointed to the senior office, also be appointed to the qualifying office.
This is the table referred to in subsections (3) and (3A)—
The person appointed Senior Master of the Queen's Bench Division shall hold and perform the duties of the offices of the Queen's Remembrancer and registrar of judgments.
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A person appointed under subsection (1) is to be paid such salary and such allowances, and a person appointed to a senior office is to be paid such additional salary and such allowances, as may be determined by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Treasury.
A salary payable under or by virtue of this section—
by a determination or further determination under this section.
Salaries and allowances payable under or by virtue of this section shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament.