The Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (Compensation) Regulations 1978
1. These Regulations provide for the payment of compensation to or in respect of justices' clerks and their assistants who suffer loss of office or loss or diminution of emoluments which is attributable to—the making of an order under section 18 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 about the division of an area into petty sessional divisions,the grouping of clerkships under Part III of that Act, orthe conversion of part-time clerkships into a whole-time clerkship under the said Part III.