# Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed), Section 48: Independence of justices’ clerks and staff exercising legal functions.

Extent: E+W

(1) When exercising any legal function—
(a) a justices’ clerk shall not be subject to the direction of the justices’ chief executive or any other person or body; and
(b) a member of the staff of a magistrates’ courts committee shall not be subject to the direction of any person or body other than a justices’ clerk.
(2) In subsection (1) “legal function” means—
(a) any function exercisable by one or more justices of the peace; or
(b) a function specified in section 45(4) or (5) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-48
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