# Courts Act 2003, Paragraph 12


Any justice of the peace who, immediately before section 49 comes into force, was qualified to sit as a member of a family proceedings court shall be treated as having been authorised to do so by the Lord Chancellor under section 67 of the 1980 Act (as substituted by section 49).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/9/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-9/paragraph-12
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