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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-13.json",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  "legislation_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed",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/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Acting stipendiary magistrate.",
  "text": "(1) Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that it is expedient to do so in order to avoid delays in the administration of justice in any commission area in which a stipendiary magistrate can be appointed under section 11 above, the Lord Chancellor—\n(a) may authorise any person qualified to be so appointed to act as a stipendiary magistrate in that area during such period (not exceeding three months at one time) as the Lord Chancellor thinks fit; or\n(b) may require so to act any stipendiary magistrate appointed under that section in another commission area.\n(2) While acting as a stipendiary magistrate in any commission area under subsection (1) above, a person shall have the same jurisdiction, powers and duties as if he had been appointed stipendiary magistrate in that area and were a justice of the peace for that area.\n(3) Part V of this Act applies to a person acting as a stipendiary magistrate under subsection (1) above as it applies to a stipendiary magistrate.\n(4) The Lord Chancellor may pay to any person who is authorised to act under this section and is not a stipendiary magistrate such remuneration as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/13",
    "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."
}