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Section 74: District judges.

Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 · 1990 c. 41View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: Judicial and Other Offices and Judicial Pensions

The offices of—

registrar, assistant registrar and deputy registrar for each county court district; and
district registrar, assistant district registrar and deputy district registrar for each district registry of the High Court,

shall become the offices of district judge, assistant district judge and deputy district judge respectively.

The office of registrar of the principal registry of the Family Division of the High Court shall become the office of district judge of the principal registry of the Family Division.

Any reference in any enactment, instrument or other document to an office which is, or includes, one to which this section applies shall be construed as a reference to, or (as the case may be) as including a reference to, that office by its new name.

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In section 118 of that Act (power of judge to commit for contempt) after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

(3)A district judge, assistant district judge or deputy district judge shall have the same powers under this section in relation to proceedings before him as a judge.

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