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(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 in any petty sessions district.
(5)Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the[F5Lord Chief Justice] may assign a resident magistrate to one or more petty sessions districts and may from time to time vary any such assignment.]
F2Words in s. 9(1) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 2(4), 5(7)(a), Sch. 5 para. 3; S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F4Words in s. 9(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
F5Words in s. 9(3)(5) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15(2), 148(1), Sch. 5 para.16; S.I. 2006/1014, art.2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)
[F6(1)The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission may appoint fit and proper persons, being persons who are eligible for appointment as district judges (magistrates' courts), to act as deputy district judges (magistrates' courts)—
(a)during such period or periods as the Commission, with the agreement of the [F7Department of Justice], may direct, and
(b)subject to such conditions as the Lord Chancellor may impose.]
(2)Any deputy resident magistrate may exercise and perform all the functions of a resident magistrate.
F6S. 10(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 2009 (c. 3), ss. 2(3)(4), 5(7)(a), Sch. 4 para. 4 (with Sch. 5 para. 16); S.I. 2010/812, art. 2
F7Words in s. 10(1)(a) substituted (12.4.2010) by Department of Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 3), ss. 1(5), 3(2), Sch. para. 3; S.R. 2010/147, art. 2(2)
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F8S. 11 repealed (3.4.2006) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), ss. 86, 87(1), Sch. 13; S.R. 2006/124, art. 2, Sch. paras. 9, 11(c)
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