Courts Act 1971

Boroughs: honorary officesE+W

54 Boroughs: honorary offices.E+W

(1)The council of a borough shall have power to appoint a person to be honorary recorder of the borough.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(3)A person shall not be qualified to hold office as an honorary recorder of a borough . . . F2 unless he is a Circuit judge or Recorder (that is to say a Recorder appointed under this Act):

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to a borough which immediately before the appointed day—

(a)had power by charter to appoint a recorder of the borough, and

(b)did not have a separate court of quarter sessions.

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1