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7A magistrates' courts committee shall be a body corporate.
8The proceedings of a magistrates' courts committee shall not be invalidated by reason of any vacancy therein or of any defect in the appointment of a member.
9(1)A magistrates' courts committee shall appoint one of the members to be chairman of the committee and, subject to the following sub-paragraph, shall also appoint a clerk to the committee and may appoint such other officers (if any) as the Secretary of State may approve.
(2)Where there is a separate magistrates' courts committee for a borough or for a county not divided into petty sessional divisions, the clerk to the borough or county justices shall by virtue of his office be the clerk to the committee.
10A magistrates' courts committee may act through subcommittees appointed by them.
11Subject to the provisions of this Act a magistrates' courts committee shall have power to regulate its own procedure including quorum.
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