22.— (1) The Courts Service may, notwithstanding any other provision of any enactment, appoint any member of staff of the Courts Service employed in a combined court office under section 21 as one or more of the following:

(a) a District Court clerk;

(b) a principal officer, within the meaning of Part I of the Court Officers Act 1926, of any office attached to the F3[Court of Appeal,] High Court or the President of the High Court.

(2) A combined court office manager may, notwithstanding any other provision of any enactment, direct any member of staff of the Courts Service employed in a combined court office under section 21 to act as registrar to any of the following constituent courts:

F4[(a) the Central Criminal Court;

(b) the Court of Appeal;

(c) the Circuit Court,]

(d) F5[…]

(3) Where, under subsection (2), a person is directed to act as registrar to a court mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of that subsection, any reference in an enactment to a registrar of the court concerned is deemed to include such a person.