{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-justices-clerks-and-assistants-rules-2014/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-justices-clerks-and-assistants-rules-2014/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111108888",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices’ Clerks and Assistants Rules 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-justices-clerks-and-assistants-rules-2014",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Duty to refer if inappropriate to carry out function",
  "text": "(1) When considering carrying out a function specified in the Schedule, a justices’ clerk must consider whether in the particular circumstances it would be inappropriate to carry out the function.\n(2) If a justices’ clerk determines that it would be inappropriate to carry out a function specified in the Schedule, the justices’ clerk must refer the matter to the court.\n(3) References in this rule to a justices’ clerk include a person authorised in accordance with rule 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111108888/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:14:02.356866+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."
}