[107Deputy judges.N.I.
(1)The[Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission] may appoint as deputy judge[ a person who is—
(a)a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least ten years' standing; or
(b)a solicitor of the[Court of Judicature] of at least ten years' standing.]
[(1A)The term for which a person is appointed as a deputy judge is to be determined by the Commission with the agreement of the [Department of Justice].]
(2)The appointment of a person as a deputy judge shall specify the term for which he is appointed [as determined under subsection (1A)].
[(3)Subject to subsection (4), the Commission may, with the agreement of a deputy judge and the [Department of Justice], from time to time extend, for such period as it thinks appropriate, the term for which the deputy judge is appointed.]
[(4)Neither the initial term for which a deputy judge is appointed nor any extension of that term under subsection (3) shall be such as to continue his appointment as a deputy judge after the day on which he attains the age of [75]]
(5)A deputy judge shall, while he is so acting, have the like authority, jurisdiction, powers and privileges as a judge in all respects [ and a reference in any statutory provision to, or which is to be construed as a reference to, a county court judge shall, for the purposes of or in relation to any proceedings in a county court, be construed as including a reference to a deputy judge appointed under this section].
(6)Where the hearing of any proceedings duly commenced before any deputy judge is adjourned or judgment is reserved therein, that deputy judge shall, notwithstanding anything in sub-section (2) or (4), have power to resume the hearing and determine the proceedings or, as the case may be, to deliver the judgment so reserved.
(7)[The Department of Justice shall pay] to every deputy judge, except a resident magistrate, such remuneration and allowances as the Lord Chancellor may, with the concurrence of[ the Treasury], determine.]