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 .

5

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), theF5Lord Chief Justice may assign a resident magistrate to one or more F7divisions and may from time to time vary any such assignment.]

F86

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.