# The Justices' Clerks (Qualifications of Assistants) (Amendment) Rules 1999, Article 4: Amendments to the Justices' Clerks (Qualifications of Assistants) Rules 1979


The following new Rule shall be inserted after rule 4:—
“4A (1) An assistant who is not qualified for the purposes of rule 3 above may be employed as a clerk in court if:—
(a) he holds a valid training certificate granted by a magistrates' courts committee before 1st January 1999; or
(b) his employment as an assistant is registered by the Law Society as a training contract under regulation 23 of the Training Regulations 1990.
(2) In this rule “training certificate” has the meaning assigned by rule 2(1) of these Rules as they stood immediately before 1st January 1999, and the validity and duration of a training certificate granted before that date shall be determined as if rule 5(2) of and Schedule 3 to these Rules had continued in force.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2814/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-clerks-qualifications-of-assistants-amendment-rules-1999/article-4
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