(1) A Judge of the Court nominated by the Chief Justice shall be in charge of the Admiralty List and shall have control of the proceedings in the List.
(2) Subject to any directions of the Judge in Admiralty and to paragraphs (3) and (4), the powers of the Court in relation to a proceeding in the List shall be exercised only by the Judge in Admiralty.
(3) The powers of the Judge in Admiralty in relation to a proceeding in the List may be exercised by another Judge of the Court—
(a) if the Judge in Admiralty so requests; or
(b) if in special circumstances that other Judge thinks fit to exercise them.
(4) An Associate Judge may exercise the powers of the Court in relation to a proceeding in the List on a reference by, or by leave of, the Judge in Admiralty.