Section 54 Boroughs: honorary offices.

(1)

The council of a borough shall have power to appoint a person to be honorary recorder of the borough.

(2)

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(3)

A person shall not be qualified to hold office as an honorary recorder of a borough . . . F2 unless he is a Circuit judge or Recorder (that is to say a Recorder appointed under this Act):

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to a borough which immediately before the appointed day—

(a)

had power by charter to appoint a recorder of the borough, and

(b)

did not have a separate court of quarter sessions.

(4)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 54(2)(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F2: Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act: words substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(b)(d)