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Article 11 Training requirement – existing JPs

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(1)

The requirement in paragraph (2) applies in the case of a full justice who ceases to hold office as described in section 67(7)(a) of the Act and who is appointed as a JP for a sheriffdom by virtue of section 67(7)(b) of the Act.

(2)

Within 2 years of appointment as a JP for a sheriffdom, the JP shall undertake a training course of a type approved for the purposes of this paragraph by the Lord President.

(3)

The requirement specified in paragraph (2) shall not apply in the case of a JP who–

(a)

has, prior to appointment as a JP for a sheriffdom, undertaken a training course such as is described in that paragraph; or

(b)

is aged 67 or over on appointment as a JP for a sheriffdom.