TASIn ForceAct
Justices Act 1959
18Deputy clerks of petty sessions, &c.
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 18
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Justices Act 1959.
### 18 Deputy clerks of petty sessions, &c.
> > (1) Subject to the direction of the justices or of the clerk of petty sessions a deputy clerk of petty sessions may do anything that the clerk of petty sessions may do under any enactment.
>
> > (2) During a petty session or the session of a justice acting judicially or examining into a charge of an indictable offence, any person acting as clerk to the justice or justices may do all that the clerk of petty sessions might do in respect of the business of the session.