{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-magistrates-courts-authority-constitution-regulations-1999/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-magistrates-courts-authority-constitution-regulations-1999/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Members of the Authority",
  "text": "(1) There shall be a maximum of 15 members of the Authority including any member co-opted or appointed under regulation 13 unless the Lord Chancellor directs otherwise in accordance with paragraph (8).\n(2) The membership of the Authority shall comprise—\n(a) two members who are mayoral nominees; and\n(b) the following members in the following categories who shall be selected by the selection panel:\n(i) two members shall be representatives of the ALG (“the ALG category”);\n(ii) subject to paragraph (3), one member shall be a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) (“the DJMC category”); and\n(iii) subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), at least 4 but not more than 10 members shall be either lay magistrates or District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) (“the magistrates' category”).\n(3) No District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) shall be appointed as a member of the Authority unless he is for the time being acting as a justice of the peace in Greater London.\n(4) No lay magistrate shall be appointed as a member of the Authority unless he is a justice of the peace for a commission area in Greater London.\n(5) If a member of the Authority is appointed as a member in the ALG category and the ALG subsequently notifies the Authority that the member is no longer its representative, that member shall immediately cease to be a member of the Authority.\n(6) If a member is appointed as a member in the DJMC category and he subsequently ceases to be a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) who is for the time being acting as a justice of the peace in Greater London, that member shall at the same time cease to be a member of the Authority.\n(7) If a member is appointed as a member in the magistrates' category and he subsequently ceases to be either—\n(a) a lay magistrate for a commission area in Greater London; or\n(b) a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) who is for the time being acting as a justice of the peace in Greater London,\nthat member shall at the same time cease to be a member of the Authority.\n(8) The Lord Chancellor may direct that any members co-opted or appointed under regulation 13 are to be left out of account in applying the upper limit of 15 members.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3099/regulation/4",
    "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."
}