{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-courts-and-justices-of-the-peace-scotland-order-2007/article-12",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/480",
  "legislation_title": "The District Courts and Justices of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/district-courts-and-justices-of-the-peace-scotland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Suspension",
  "text": "(1) At any time during an investigation, the tribunal may suspend the JP from office or from acting as a JP so far as relating to the exercise of judicial functions.\n(2) A suspension imposed under paragraph (1) shall terminate–\n(a) on the tribunal deciding not to order the removal of the JP from office; or\n(b) before then, on the tribunal deciding to bring the suspension to an end.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/480/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:10:41.205193+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}