# The Justices of the Peace Rules 2016, Article 18: Eligibility for re-election

Extent: E+W

(1) A justice is not eligible to be elected as chairman for a local justice area for more than three terms in that local justice area, unless at least six years have elapsed since the justice last filled that vacancy.
(2) In any event, a justice is not eligible to be elected as chairman for a local justice area for more than six terms in total in any one local justice area.
(3) A justice is not eligible to be elected as a deputy chairman for a local justice area for more than five terms in any one local justice area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/709/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-18
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