{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007-incidental-supplemental-and-consequential-provisions-order-2007/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007-incidental-supplemental-and-consequential-provisions-order-2007/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2007/9780110784816",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (Incidental, Supplemental and Consequential Provisions) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-proceedings-etc-reform-scotland-act-2007-incidental-supplemental-and-consequential-provisions-order-2007",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Requirement to take oaths",
  "text": "In section 70 (reappointment of JPs) of the 2007 Act, after subsection (3), there is added–\n“(4) Where a person is reappointed as a JP under subsections (1)(a) and (2) (including on a second or subsequent occasion), an oath–\n(a) previously taken by the person as required by section 6 of the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 (and in accordance with the Promissory Oaths Act 1871) in relation to the person’s appointment as a JP under subsection (1) of section 67, or\n(b) which by virtue of subsection (9) of section 67 counts in relation to the person’s appointment as a JP under subsection (1) of that section,\nalso counts in relation to the person’s reappointment as a JP by virtue of subsections (1)(a) and (2).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2007/9780110784816/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:38:57.575115+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."
}