Article 7 Amendments to the Justices' Clerks (Qualification of Assistants) Rules 1979

The following shall be substituted for rule 5:–

“5

An assistant born on or after 1st January 1959 and employed as a clerk in court on 31st December 1998 may not continue to be employed as a clerk in court at any time after 31st December 2008 unless he possesses one of the qualifications mentioned in Rule 4(1)(a).”.