Regulation 3 Matters to be contained in the application

The items referred to in regulation 2(b) are the following—

(a)

in relation to each person for whom approval is sought—

(i)

a copy of his written application for the office to which he wishes to be appointed;

(ii)

a statement by the magistrates' courts committee that he satisfies the requirements of section 26 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979^f1 in relation to the appointment;

(b)

a job description relating to the office to which appointment is to be made;

(c)

a copy of any advertisement relating to the office to which appointment is to be made;

(d)

in the case of an appointment to the office of justices' chief executive, a copy of any written appraisal by Her Majesty’s Magistrates' Courts Service Inspectorate of the manner in which the magistrates' courts committee have undertaken the process of obtaining candidates for appointment;

(e)

in the case of an appointment to the office of justices' clerk, a statement that the magistrates' courts committee have, in relation to each person for whom approval is sought, consulted the magistrates for the petty sessions area to which the appointment is to be made in accordance with section 25(6)(a) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 26 (qualifications for appointment as justices' clerk) was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 8 to the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994. Section 24D(5) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979 provides that a person may not be appointed as justices' chief executive unless he is eligible under section 26 of the Act for appointment as justices' clerk.