# Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (repealed 19.6.1997), Section 29: Functions of justices’ clerk as collecting officer.

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(1) A justices’ clerk shall by virtue of his office be collecting officer of any magistrates’ court of which he is the clerk.
(2) In his capacity as such a collecting officer, a justices’ clerk—
(a) shall discharge all such functions as are conferred by any enactment on a collecting officer appointed by the justices for a petty sessional division under the Affiliation Orders Act 1914; and
(b) shall act under any order directing the payment of money to him which was made by any court under section 30 of the Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 (which provided for periodical payments under court orders to be made through an officer of the court or other third party) and which continues to have effect in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 14 of Schedule I to this Act.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall have effect without prejudice to the provisions of sections 59 and 59A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(periodical payments through justices’ clerk and proceedings by the clerk, etc.) or section 62 of that Act(relating to payments required to be made to a child).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/55/section/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1979-repealed-1961997/section-29
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