{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-magistrates-courts-authority-constitution-regulations-1999/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-magistrates-courts-authority-constitution-regulations-1999/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3099",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority (Constitution) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-magistrates-courts-authority-constitution-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Co-opted and appointed members",
  "text": "(1) The Authority may include persons (who may, but need not, be lay magistrates or District Judges (Magistrates' Courts)) who are—\n(a) co-opted by the Authority with the approval of the Lord Chancellor; or\n(b) appointed by the Lord Chancellor.\n(2) A member co-opted by the Authority under paragraph (1) shall serve for a period of one year from the date of the first meeting of the Authority following the approval by the Lord Chancellor of the co-option.\n(3) The Authority may, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, renew the period of co-option of a co-opted member.\n(4) Where the Lord Chancellor appoints a member of the Authority under paragraph (1), he shall send written notice to the Authority of—\n(a) the name, qualifications, experience, and interests of the appointee and the reason for the appointment; and\n(b) the date on which the appointment is to take effect.\n(5) If the Lord Chancellor terminates an appointment made under paragraph (1), he shall give written notice of the termination to the Authority and to the person so appointed, and of the date from which the termination is to take effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/2712",
      "affecting_title": "The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority (Constitution) (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3099/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:15.792677+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."
}