{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-10A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-10A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/25",
  "legislation_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed",
  "path": "section/10A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10A",
  "heading": "Appointment and tenure.",
  "text": "(1) 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 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990) to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts).\n(2) The Lord Chancellor—\n(a) shall designate one of the District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) to be the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate); and\n(b) may designate another of them to be his deputy.\n(3) A District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) may not be removed from office except by the Lord Chancellor on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.\n(4) 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 Administration of Justice Act 1973) such allowances as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c.41."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1973 c.15."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/10A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:14.706489+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}