Family Justice Act 2014 s 13

s 13 Designation of judges of Family Courts

13.—(1) A Family Court is presided over by a District Judge, or a Magistrate, who is designated by the Chief Justice as a judge of the Family Court. (2) A person is designated as a judge of the Family Court for such period as the Chief Justice may determine. (3) Any person designated as a judge of the Family Court must, although the period of his or her designation as such has expired or his or her designation as such has been revoked, in relation to any case heard by him or her as a judge of a Family Court, continue to sit as such a judge for the purpose of giving judgment or otherwise.