The Justices' Clerks (Qualifications of Assistants) (Amendment) Rules 1998
These Rules amend the Justices' Clerks (Qualification of Assistants) Rules 1979 so as to provide that, on or after 1st January 1999, a justices' clerks' assistant may only be appointed as a court clerk if he or sheis a barrister or solicitor, orhas passed all the necessary examinations to become a barrister or solicitor.