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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lay-magistrates-eligibility-order-northern-ireland-2024/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2024/9780338022868",
  "legislation_title": "The Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lay-magistrates-eligibility-order-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Eligibility of persons for reappointment as Lay Magistrates",
  "text": "A person may be reappointed as a lay magistrate if—\n(a) he or she ceased to hold the office of lay magistrate before 10th March 2022 by virtue of section 4(11) of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;\n(b) he or she has not attained the age of 75;\n(c) he or she continues to meet the criteria for appointment as a lay magistrate that are contained in the Lay Magistrates (Eligibility) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004;\n(d) he or she was not removed as a lay magistrate as a result of disciplinary proceedings and no disciplinary proceedings were pending at the start of his or her retirement; and\n(e) he or she is prepared to undertake any training or continuing professional development which is identified as being necessary or desirable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2004 No. 246."
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:40:12.275109+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."
}