PART XIJUDGES AND DEPUTY JUDGES

102Appointment and assignment of judges.

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Her Majesty may appoint a qualified person to be a judge.

2

A judge shall sit in the county court in accordance with directions given by theF2Lord Chief Justice.

3

A judge may, in accordance with such directions, sit as a judge F5in any county court .

4

Subject to sub-sections (2) and (3), theF2Lord Chief JusticeF6may assign a judge to one or more division and may from time to time vary any such assignment.

5

The judgeF3, or (if more than one) one of the judges, assigned to the division which is or includes—

a

the area of the city of Belfast shall be styled the Recorder of Belfast;

b

the area of the city of Londonderry shall be styled the Recorder of Londonderry.]

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In this Act “judge” means a county court judge, that is to say a judge appointed under this section.] F7and “division” means an administrative court division specified under section 2 of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 for all or the residual purposes of a county court.