# Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (repealed 19.6.1997), Section 26: Qualifications for appointment as justices’ clerk.

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(1) Except as provided by this section, no person shall be appointed as justices’ clerk . . . unless either—
(a) at the time of appointment he has a 5 year magistrates’ court qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990,. . ., or
(b) he then is or has previously been a justices’ clerk.
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(3) A person not having the qualification which is required by subsection (1)(a) above may be appointed as justices’ clerk if at the time of the appointment he is a barrister or solicitor and has served for not less than five years as assistant to a justices’ clerk.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/55/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1979-repealed-1961997/section-26
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