{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-rules-2016/article-30.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/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Grant of approval or authorisation",
  "text": "(1) In order to approve justices to preside in court or to authorise justices to sit as youth or family justices, a JTAAAC or FTAAAC must be satisfied that—\n(a) each justice meets any criteria set out by the Lord Chief Justice for the relevant role;\n(b) in respect of an authorisation to sit as a youth justice or a family justice, the justice is suitable for that role;\n(c) in respect of an approval to preside in court, the justice—\n(i) has completed training courses approved by the Lord Chief Justice for that function, and\n(ii) has been appraised as competent in that role in accordance with the appraisal scheme.\n(2) Additional justices may not be authorised to sit as youth or family justices or approved to preside in court unless the justices' legal adviser advises the JTAAAC or FTAAAC (as the case may be) that additional justices for that role are required in the relevant local justice area.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 30(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(6)(b) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 30 in force at 1.4.2017, see rule 1(3)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/709/article/30",
    "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."
}