Section 197 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting paragraph (f) from subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

(f) Empowering the Master to exercise all of the powers of the Court, including the exercise of inherent jurisdiction which may be exercised by a single judge sitting in chambers or by a single judge sitting in court without a jury except in relation to –

(i) proceedings relating to the liberty of the subject; and

(ii) proceedings in the Court's appellate jurisdiction other than a review of a taxation of costs by an officer of the Court; and

(iii) applications for relief similar to certiorari , mandamus or prohibition; and

(iv) applications for orders of review under the Judicial Review Act 2000 ;

(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (1) :

(1A)  A reference in subsection (1)(f)(ii) to an officer of the Court does not include the Master.