COUNTY COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1959

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COUNTY COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1959 - SECT 107

Deputy judges.

107.(1) The Lord Chancellor may appoint as deputy judge

(a)a person who has previously held the office of judge;

(b)a person who has practised for not less than ten years at the Bar of
Northern Ireland;

(c)a resident magistrate;

(d)a solicitor who has practised for not less than ten years as a solicitor in
Northern Ireland.

(2) The appointment of a person as a deputy judge shall specify the term for
which he is appointed.

(3) Subject to sub-section (4), the Lord Chancellor may, with the agreement of
the deputy judge, from time to time extend, for such period as he thinks
appropriate, the term for which the deputy judge is appointed.

(4) Except where an appointment is made under sub-section (1)(a), neither the
initial term for which a deputy judge is appointed nor any extension of that
term under sub-section (3) shall be such as to continue his appointment as a
deputy judge after the end of the completed year of service in which he
attains the age of seventy-two years.

(5) A deputy judge shall, while he is so acting, have the like authority,
jurisdiction, powers and privileges as a judge in all respects [and a
reference in any statutory provision to, or which is to be construed as a
reference to, a county court judge shall, for the purposes of or in relation
to any proceedings in a county court, be construed as including a reference to
a deputy judge appointed under this section].

(6) Where the hearing of any proceedings duly commenced before any deputy
judge is adjourned or judgment is reserved therein, that deputy judge shall,
notwithstanding anything in sub-section (2) or (4), have power to resume the
hearing and determine the proceedings or, as the case may be, to deliver the
judgment so reserved.

(7) There shall be paid to every deputy judge, except a resident magistrate,
such remuneration and allowances as the Lord Chancellor may, with the
concurrence of the Minister for the Civil Service, determine.]

Part XII (ss.108115) rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7; 1969 c.30 (NI) s.132
sch.6; SI 1973/2163 art.14(2) sch.6; 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.II; 1980 NI 3
art.69(2) sch.3

Pensions of judges.

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COUNTY COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1959 - SECT 107