{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-13.json",
  "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/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Miscellaneous provisions about secret ballots",
  "text": "(1) Unless otherwise determined in accordance with Rule 16, the justices' legal adviser must not treat a ballot as invalidated by reason of—\n(a) information sent by the justices' legal adviser in accordance with the election procedure not being received by a justice,\n(b) a vote not being received by the justices' legal adviser.\n(2) Where an eligible justice does not follow the specified procedure, any vote by that eligible justice must not be taken into account when the votes are counted.\n(3) The justices' legal adviser and any other person carrying out the ballot procedure must not disclose how any justice voted in any ballot.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 13(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)(f) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 13(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)(f) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 13 in force at 31.7.2016, see rule 1(2)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/709/article/13",
    "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."
}