The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 No. 1675 (NI. 26)

PART II N.I. FUNCTIONS OF RESIDENT MAGISTRATES AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

Protection from legal proceedings N.I.

[F1 Immunity of resident magistrates etc. for acts within jurisdiction. N.I.

5.   No action shall lie against any resident magistrate,[F2 lay magistrate] or clerk of petty sessions in respect of any act or omission of his—

(a) in the execution of his duty—

(i) as[F2 a resident magistrate or a lay magistrate]; or

(ii) as such a clerk exercising, by virtue of any statutory provision, any function of a magistrates' court; and

(b) with respect to any matter within his jurisdiction.]

F1 1990 c. 41

F2 2002 c. 26