Section 10A Appointment and tenure.F1
England and Wales
Her Majesty may, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, appoint a person who has a 7 year general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the M1Courts and Legal Services Act 1990) to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts).
The Lord Chancellor—
shall designate one of the District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) to be the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate); and
may designate another of them to be his deputy.
A District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) may not be removed from office except by the Lord Chancellor on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.
The Lord Chancellor may pay to a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) (in addition to the salary charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund under section 9 of the M2Administration of Justice Act 1973) such allowances as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 10A-10E substituted (31.8.2000) for ss. 11-20 by 1999 c. 22, s. 78(1) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(a)
Marginal citations
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 6(4), 109(3), 110(1), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(aa) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2005/911)
Notes on District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts)
Textual amendments
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Heading substituted (31.8.2000) by 1999 c. 22, s. 78(1) (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2000/1920, art. 3(a)