3.—(1) A resident magistrate sitting alone may, as well as exercising any function which is conferred by any enactment upon a resident magistrate or upon a[F1 lay magistrate], exercise any function which under any enactment may be exercised by—
(a)two or more[F1 lay magistrates]; or
(b)two or more resident magistrates.
(2) A[F1 lay magistrate] may not sit in petty sessions and may exercise only such functions as are conferred upon a[F1 lay magistrate] under—
(a)any enactment (including this Order) commencing on or after 1st January 1936; or
(b)any enactment commencing before that day included in Part I of Schedule 1.
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F2Art. 4 repealed (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 86(3), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)