8(1)Section 13 (officers of court not to act as solicitors in that court) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (1) (officer of a county court and officer's firm not to be engaged as representative in any proceedings in that court, subject to exception in subsection (4) for deputy district judges)—
(a)for the words from the beginning to “be” substitute—
“A fee-paid part-time judge of the county court may not act as a judge of the court in relation to any proceedings in the court in which—
(a)the judge,
(b)a partner or employer of the judge,
(c)a body of which the judge is a member or officer, or
(d)a body of whose governing body the judge is a member,
is”, and
(b)omit “in any proceedings in that court”.
(3)Omit subsection (3) (which refers to a provision previously repealed).
(4)Omit subsection (4) (provision about deputy district judges which is incorporated in the amended subsection (1)).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 9 para. 8 in force at 22.4.2014 by S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)