{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-27.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/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "FTAAAC selection panel",
  "text": "(1) A selection panel must appoint the family justice members of the FTAAAC.\n(2) A chairman of the justices within the FTAAAC area or the justice with the leadership role in relation to family justices in the area must not be a member of the FTAAAC selection panel.\n(3) The selection panel must be elected in accordance with the election procedure set out in Part 3, Chapter 1 of these Rules.\n(4) Members of the selection panel must be elected for a period of three years, and may be re-elected provided that they have not served for more than six years in total.\n(5) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), the FTAAAC selection panel must consist of a family justice from each local justice area comprising the FTAAAC area.\n(6) Where there is only one local justice area in the FTAAAC area, the selection panel must consist of three family justices from that area.\n(7) Where there are two local justice areas in the FTAAAC area, the selection panel must consist of two family justices from each of those areas.\n(8) A family justice who wants to be appointed as a family justice member must submit a written application to the selection panel.\n(9) The selection panel must, having regard to guidance from the Lord Chief Justice—\n(a) subject to Rule 26(1)(a), determine the number of family justice members on the FTAAAC;\n(b) consider the written applications and—\n(i) appoint the number of family justice members required, and\n(ii) subject to Rule 28(1), determine the duration of the terms of members so appointed.\n(10) The selection panel may, at any time, change the number of family justice members.\n(11) If the selection panel changes the number of family justice members under paragraph (10), it may amend the terms of existing family justice members.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 27 in force at 31.7.2016, see rule 1(2)(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/709/article/27",
    "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."
}