PART IIRESIDENT MAGISTRATES AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Appointment and removal of resident magistrates
F19Appointment and assignment of resident magistrates.
1
Her Majesty mayF2. . . appoint fit and proper persons to be resident magistrates, being persons who at the dates of their appointmentsF3 are—
a
members of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing; or
b
solicitors of theF4Court 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 theF5Lord Chief Justice.
4
A resident magistrate may, in accordance with such directions, sit F6in any magistrates' court .
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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.