{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-102A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-102A.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1959/25",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959",
  "path": "section/102A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "102A",
  "heading": "Presiding judge",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chief Justice must appoint one of the judges to be the Presiding judge with responsibility for the county courts and the other judges and the deputy judges.\n(2) The person appointed as Presiding judge holds that office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.\n(3) If the office of Presiding judge becomes vacant, the Lord Chief Justice may appoint a judge to act as Presiding judge, pending a new appointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 102A inserted (3.4.2006) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), ss. 13, 87; S.R. 2006/124, art. 2, Sch. para. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1959/25/section/102A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:09.633949+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}