This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
(1)A District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) is by virtue of his office a justice of the peace for England and Wales.
(2)It is the duty of a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) to act as a justice of the peace in any local justice area in accordance with arrangements made by or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor.
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