# Access to Justice Act 1999, Paragraph 23


Any person who, immediately before the time when section 78 of this Act comes into force, is authorised under section 13(1)(a) or 19 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997 to act as a stipendiary magistrate or metropolitan stipendiary magistrate shall be treated as having been appointed to be a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) at that time for the remainder of the period for which he is so authorised.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/schedule/14/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/schedule-14/paragraph-23
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