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Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964

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F1[9Appointment and assignment of resident magistrates.N.I.

(1)Her Majesty mayF2. . . appoint fit and proper persons to be resident magistrates, being persons who at the dates of their appointments[F3 are—

(a)members of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing; or

(b)solicitors of the[F4Court 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[F5Lord Chief Justice].

(4)A resident magistrate may, in accordance with such directions, sit [F6in any magistrates' court] .

(5)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the[F5Lord Chief Justice] may assign a resident magistrate to one or more [F7divisions] and may from time to time vary any such assignment.]

[F8(6)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.]

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