10Appointment of deputy resident magistrates.N.I.
(1)F1The [F2 Lord Chancellor] may, …F3, appoint fit and proper persons, [F2 being persons who are eligible for appointment asF4, or have previously been, resident magistrates], to act as deputy resident magistrates during such period or periods asF1 the [F2 Lord Chancellor] may direct and subject toF1 such conditions as the [F2 Lord Chancellor] may impose.
(2)Any deputy resident magistrate may exercise and perform all the functions of a resident magistrate.