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Magistrates Act 1991
sec.7Acting magistrates who are clerks of the court
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### sec.7 Acting magistrates who are clerks of the court
This section applies if a clerk of the court is appointed to act as a magistrate.
The Public Sector Act 2022 does not apply to the clerk while the clerk is acting as a magistrate.
The clerk retains all rights that have accrued to the clerk because of the clerk’s employment, or that would accrue in the future to the clerk because of that employment, as if service acting as a magistrate were a continuation of service as a clerk of the court.
s 7 ins 2003 No. 3 s 26B
amd 2008 No. 59 s 85 ; 2009 No. 25 s 83 sch ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3
(sec.7-ssec.1) This section applies if a clerk of the court is appointed to act as a magistrate.
(sec.7-ssec.2) The Public Sector Act 2022 does not apply to the clerk while the clerk is acting as a magistrate.
(sec.7-ssec.3) The clerk retains all rights that have accrued to the clerk because of the clerk’s employment, or that would accrue in the future to the clerk because of that employment, as if service acting as a magistrate were a continuation of service as a clerk of the court.