Part IV Justices’ chief executives, justices’ clerks and staff
F148 Independence of justices’ clerks and staff exercising legal functions.
(1)
When exercising any legal function—
(a)
a justices’ clerk shall not be subject to the direction of the justices’ chief executive or any other person or body; and
(b)
a member of the staff of a magistrates’ courts committee shall not be subject to the direction of any person or body other than a justices’ clerk.
(2)
In subsection (1) “legal function” means—
(a)
any function exercisable by one or more justices of the peace; or
(b)
a function specified in section 45(4) or (5) above.