8Construction of references

8 Construction of references

8 Construction of references

(1) In any Act, rule of court or regulation in force immediately before the commencement of this Act—

(a) a reference to the Court in Banco or to the Full Court or to the Court as a court consisting of two or more Judges shall be construed as a reference to the Court of Appeal,

(b) a reference to the Court or to a Judge in any of the jurisdictions specified in the First Column of the Table below or to the practice or procedure of the Court in any of those jurisdictions shall be construed as a reference to the Division specified opposite that jurisdiction in the Second Column of that Table or, as the case may be, to the practice or procedure in that Division—

| Table | | | First Column | Second Column | | Jurisdiction | Division | | Common Law | Common Law Division | | Equity | Equity Division | | Probate | Probate Division | | Matrimonial Causes | Divorce Division | | Protective | Protective Division | | Admiralty | Admiralty Division |

(c) a reference to the Judge exercising the matrimonial causes jurisdiction of the Court or appointed to exercise that jurisdiction shall be construed as a reference to the Chief Judge in Divorce,

(d) a reference to a writ, whether of prohibition, mandamus, or certiorari or of any other description by which the Court formerly had jurisdiction to grant any relief or remedy shall, subject to subsection (2), be construed as a reference to the judgment or order by which the Court may grant that relief or remedy under this Act and the rules,

(e) a reference to the Master in Equity or to the Master in the protective jurisdiction of the Court shall, subject to the rules, be construed as a reference to the master assigned to the Equity Division or, as the case may be, to the master assigned to the Protective Division or, where two or more masters are so assigned, to the senior master so assigned,

(f) a reference to the holder of an office named in the First Column of the Table below shall, subject to the rules, be construed as a reference to the holder of the office named in the Second Column of that Table opposite to the name of the firstmentioned office—

| Table | | | First Column | Second Column | | Prothonotary | Prothonotary | | Deputy Master and Registrar in Equity | Registrar in Equity | | Registrar of Probates | Registrar in Probate | | Registrar in Divorce | Registrar in Divorce | | Registrar in Admiralty | Registrar in Admiralty | | Registrar of the Court of Appeal | Registrar of the Court of Appeal |