{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/709",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace Rules 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Secret ballot",
  "text": "(1) Where the valid notices of candidacy exceed the number of vacancies, the justices' legal adviser must arrange a secret ballot.\n(2) The justices' legal adviser must inform the eligible justices that they may vote in the secret ballot in accordance with paragraph (3).\n(3) The justices' legal adviser must —\n(a) determine and specify the procedure to be followed for the ballot;\n(b) inform eligible justices of the names of the candidates and the means by which votes may be cast, and\n(c) specify a closing date by which votes must be cast if they are to be counted in the ballot.\n(4) Where the election is for a single vacancy, each eligible justice may cast one vote in accordance with the specified procedure.\n(5) Where the election is for more than one vacancy, each eligible justice may cast one vote per vacancy (up to but not exceeding the number of vacancies) in accordance with the specified procedure.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Words in rule 11(1) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(3)(d) (with reg. 4)"
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      "text": "Words in rule 11(2) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(3)(d) (with reg. 4)"
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      "text": "Words in rule 11(3) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 19(3)(d) (with reg. 4)"
    },
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 11 in force at 31.7.2016, see rule 1(2)(c)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/709/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:12.985248+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."
}