Justices of the Peace Act 1979

Stipendiary magistrates (other than metropolitan stipendiary magistrates)

7 Any person who immediately before the commencement of this Act was a stipendiary magistrate in a commission area or commission areas and held that office either—

(a) by virtue of an appointment made under section 2 of the Act of 1973, or

(b) as if appointed under that section, being treated as if so appointed by virtue of section 20(5) of that Act (which related to any person who immediately before 1st April 1974 held office as a stipendiary magistrate for any area under section 29 of the Act of 1949),

shall continue to hold office as stipendiary magistrate in that commission area or those commission areas (as the case may be) and (subject to paragraphs 8 and 17 below) shall be treated for all purposes as if he had been appointed under section 13 of this Act; and the provisions of this Act relating to stipendiary magistrates appointed under section 13 shall have effect in relation to him accordingly.

8 The following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect in relation to any stipendiary magistrate who immediately before the commencement of this Act held office as mentioned in paragraph 7(b) above, that is to say—

(a) his salary shall not be less than that payable to him immediately before the beginning of April 1974 ; and

(b) for the purposes of section 14 of this Act the date of his appointment shall be taken to have been that of his appointment to the office held by him immediately before the beginning of that month.