Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (repealed 19.6.1997)
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26 Qualifications for appointment as justices’ clerk.
(1) Except as provided by this section, no person shall be appointed as justices’ clerk . . . unless either— (a) at the time of appointment he has a 5 year magistrates’ court qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,. . ., or (b) he then is or has previously been a justices’ clerk. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) A person not having the qualification which is required by subsection (1)(a) above may be appointed as justices’ clerk if at the time of the appointment he is a barrister or solicitor and has served for not less than five years as assistant to a justices’ clerk. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26 Qualifications for appointment as justices’ clerk.
(1) Except as provided by this section, no person shall be appointed as justices’ clerk . . . unless either— (a) at the time of appointment he has a 5 year magistrates’ court qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,. . ., or (b) he then is or has previously been a justices’ clerk. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) A person not having the qualification which is required by subsection (1)(a) above may be appointed as justices’ clerk if at the time of the appointment he is a barrister or solicitor and has served for not less than five years as assistant to a justices’ clerk. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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