Regulation 5 Unqualified assistant clerks

The Lord Chancellor may designate a person who is not qualified under regulation 3 above to perform the functions mentioned in paragraph (2) below.

A person designated under paragraph (1) above may carry out the functions contained in paragraphs 7, 8, 9(a), 10 to 11 (with the exception of enlarging sureties), 15, 24, 25, 26B and 27 to 36 in the Schedule to the Justices’ Clerks Rules 2005^f1, to the extent that they are performed out of court, provided that that person has been specifically authorised by the justices’ clerk for that purpose.