# Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed), Paragraph 16

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A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, continues to hold office as clerk to a magistrates’ courts committee by virtue of Article 6(1) of the Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1995 may continue in that appointment until the magistrates’ courts committee have appointed a justices’ chief executive in accordance with section 40(1) of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/schedule/4/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/schedule-4/paragraph-16
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