Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 152

The Magistrates' Courts Committees (West Yorkshire) Amalgamation (Amendment) Order 1999

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     4. In paragraph 3:-

(a) after "clerk" in sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted "or clerks";

(b) after "The clerk" in sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted "or clerks";

(c) after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following:-

    " (3) In this Schedule, any reference to the clerk designate shall, if more than one clerk designate is appointed, mean all the clerks designate acting together.".

     5. In paragraph 4(3), after "the clerk designate" there shall be inserted "or one of the clerks designate".

     6. In paragraph 5(4)(c), for "the day before the first appointed day" there shall be substituted "31st January 1999".

     7.  - (1) The following shall be substituted for paragraph 6(3):-

    " (3) As soon as reasonably practicable after the second appointed day, and in any case before the amalgamation date, the transferee committee shall appoint a person to be the justices' chief executive of their area.

    (3A) The clerk designate for the time being shall act as clerk to the transferee committee from the second appointed day until such time as the transferee committee shall appoint a person to be the justices' chief executive.

    (3B) From the time of his appointment until the amalgamation date, the person appointed to be the justices' chief executive shall only have the following functions and powers:-


(a) to act as clerk to the transferee committee;

(b) to assist the transferee committee in all its functions and powers as set out in sub-paragraph (4) below;

(c) to make all necessary preparations for the assumption of his functions as justices' chief executive for the area of the transferee committee on the amalgamation date.".

    (2) In paragraph 6(4)(h), the words "a justices' chief executive and" shall be omitted.



Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor


G.W. Hoon
Minister of State Lord Chancellor's Department

Dated 27th January 1999

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