Section 99 — Senior Courts Act 2016: Eligibility for appointment as Chief Justice

99 Eligibility for appointment as Chief Justice (1) A person may only be appointed the Chief Justice if that person is— (a) a High Court Judge; or (b) appointed a High Court Judge at the same time as being appointed the Chief Justice. (2) If a person who is a Court of Appeal Judge is appointed the Chief Justice, the person immediately ceases to hold office as a Court of Appeal Judge. (3) A person who ceases to hold office as a Court of Appeal 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 Court of Appeal.