Section 103 Qualifications and disqualifications of judges.

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person shall not be qualified to be appointed a judge [F1 unlessF2 he is—

(a)

a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least ten years' standing; or

(b)

a solicitor of theF3Court of Judicature of at least ten years' standing.

(2)

A judge, so long as he holds office as such, shall not practise at the bar or be directly or indirectly concerned as a conveyancer, notary public or solicitor.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 1978 c. 23
F2: 2002 c. 26
F3: Words in art. 103(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2