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Article 38 Requirements for authorisation

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A justice may only be authorised to sit as a member of a family proceedings court or a youth court if —

(a)

he has sat in the adult court for at least two years;

(b)

he has been appraised as competent on at least one occasion in the adult court in accordance with the scheme established under rule 12;

(c)

he has observed proceedings, on at least two occasions, in the type of court for which the authorisation is being considered; and

(d)

the authorising body has decided that the justice is suitable to be so authorised.