Section 98 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Eligibility for appointment as President of Court of Appeal

98 Eligibility for appointment as President of Court of Appeal (1) A person may only be appointed the President of the Court of Appeal if that person is— (a) a High Court Judge; or (b) appointed a High Court Judge at the same time as being appointed the President of the Court of Appeal. (2) If a person who is a Supreme Court Judge is appointed the President of the Court of Appeal, the person immediately ceases to hold office as a Supreme Court Judge. (3) A person who ceases to hold office as a Supreme Court Judge under subsection (2) may nevertheless continue in that office to determine, give judgment in, or otherwise complete a proceeding heard by that person (either alone or with others) when he or she sat in the Supreme Court.