# Access to Justice Act 1999, Paragraph 22


Any person who is a stipendiary magistrate or a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate immediately before the time when section 78 of this Act comes into force shall be treated as having been appointed to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) at that time (unless he would have been required by reason of age to vacate his office at that time).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/schedule/14/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/schedule-14/paragraph-22
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