PART II

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

Appointment and removal of resident magistrates

Appointment and assignment of resident magistrates.
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1
Her Majesty may . . . appoint fit and proper persons to be resident magistrates, being persons who at the dates of their appointments are—
a
members of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing; or
b
solicitors of the
Court of Judicature
of at least seven years' standing.
Subs. (2) rep. by 2002 c. 26
3
A resident magistrate shall sit in accordance with directions given by the Lord Chief Justice.
4
A resident magistrate may, in accordance with such directions, sit in any magistrates' court .
5
Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Lord Chief Justice may assign a resident magistrate to one or more divisions and may from time to time vary any such assignment.]
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In subsection (5) “
division
” means an administrative court division specified under section2 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 for all or the residual purposes of a magistrates' court.
1978 c.23
Words in s. 9(1) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 2(4), 5(7)(a), Sch. 5 para. 3; S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
2002 c. 26
Words in s. 9(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
Words in s. 9(3)(5) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para.16; S.I. 2006/1014, art.2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)
Words in s. 9(4) substituted (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 57(2)(a) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)
Words in s. 9(5) substituted (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 57(2)(b) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)
S. 9(6) added (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 57(2)(c) (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)