# The Justices’ Clerks and Assistants Rules 2014, Article 3: Functions which may be carried out by an assistant justices’ clerk


(1) An assistant justices’ clerk may carry out any function that a justices’ clerk may carry out pursuant to rule 2, provided that that assistant justices’ clerk has been authorised by a justices’ clerk to carry out that function.
(2) The functions specified in section 31O(2) of the Act may be carried out by an assistant justices’ clerk.
(3) An authorisation by a justices’ clerk under paragraph (1) above must be recorded in writing at the time the authorisation is given or as soon as practicable thereafter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111108888/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-justices-clerks-and-assistants-rules-2014/article-3
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