# Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed), Section 10B: Deputies.

Extent: E+W

(1) The Lord Chancellor may appoint any 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 Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) for such period as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate (but subject to subsection (2) below).
(2) The Lord Chancellor may remove a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) from office on the ground of incapacity or misbehaviour.
(3) The Lord Chancellor may pay to a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) such remuneration and allowances as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.
(4) During the period of his appointment a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) shall act as a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) and shall be treated for all purposes (apart from appointment, tenure, remuneration and allowances and pensions) as if he were a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/10B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-10B
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