{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-chief-executives-accounts-regulations-2001/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-chief-executives-accounts-regulations-2001/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices' Chief Executives (Accounts) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-chief-executives-accounts-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Bank accounts",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (4), a justices' chief executive shall maintain one or more accounts at a bank in respect of sums received or paid by him.\n(2) A justices' chief executive shall select an account (or accounts) which provides the most suitable service and the best value for money.\n(3) In paragraph (1) “bank” means—\n(a) an institution authorised under the Banking Act 1987;\n(b) a building society authorised under the Building Societies Act 1986 which is able to provide corporate banking facilities; or\n(c) a credit institution authorised in a member State other than the United Kingdom to provide banking services and providing such services in the United Kingdom pursuant to the Banking Co-ordination (Second Council Directive) Regulations 1992,\nwhich is a member of the inter-bank payment clearing systems operating in the United Kingdom.\n(4) Before opening an account with an institution mentioned in subsection (3)(c) above, a justices' chief executive shall consult the Lord Chancellor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1987 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/3218."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3649",
      "affecting_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3649",
      "affecting_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/3649",
      "affecting_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/463/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:02:34.334784+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."
}