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[9Appointment and assignment of resident magistrates.N.I.
(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 petty sessions district.
(5)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the[Lord Chief Justice] may assign a resident magistrate to one or more petty sessions districts and may from time to time vary any such assignment.]
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