{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-14.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/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of notices of candidacy",
  "text": "(1) A candidate may withdraw their notice of candidacy—\n(a) before the closing date for receipt of notices;\n(b) where, after the closing date, there is (or otherwise would be) a need for a ballot, before the justices' legal adviser has provided to the eligible justices the information under Rule 11 (3)(b), or\n(c) where there has been a ballot and an equality of votes requires the drawing of lots, before the lots are drawn.\n(2) Where a candidate has withdrawn their notice of candidacy after the closing date for receipt of notices but before the justices' legal adviser has provided to the eligible justices the information under Rule 11(3)(b), the name of that candidate must be omitted from the ballot, save that—\n(a) where (after the withdrawal of the notice) there is only one candidate for a single vacancy, that candidate is elected, and\n(b) where (after the withdrawal of the notice) the number of candidates equals or is less than the number of vacancies, those candidates are elected.\n(3) Where a candidate has withdrawn their notice after there has been a ballot and an equality of votes requires the drawing of lots, that candidate’s name must not be included in the drawing of lots, save that—\n(a) where (after the withdrawal of the notice) there remains only one candidate for a single vacancy, that candidate is elected;\n(b) where (after the withdrawal of the notice) the number of candidates for the relevant vacancy equals or is less than the number of vacancies, those candidates are elected.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 14(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2020) by virtue of 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)(g) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 14(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)(g) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 14 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/14",
    "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."
}