{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-scotland-order-2007/article-11",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/210",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-scotland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Training requirement – existing JPs",
  "text": "(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.\n(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.\n(3) The requirement specified in paragraph (2) shall not apply in the case of a JP who–\n(a) has, prior to appointment as a JP for a sheriffdom, undertaken a training course such as is described in that paragraph; or\n(b) is aged 67 or over on appointment as a JP for a sheriffdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/210/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:14:03.438254+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."
}