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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-scotland-order-2007/article-13",
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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/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Formation of a JAC",
  "text": "(1) There shall be a JAC for each sheriffdom.\n(2) The sheriff principal of the sheriffdom in respect of which the JAC is to be formed shall from time to time make appointments so that there are no less than 5, and no more than 8, members of the JAC.\n(3) Each JAC shall appoint one of its members to act as the convener of that JAC.\n(4) An appointment as convener of a JAC shall be for a period of one year.\n(5) At the first meeting of each JAC following its establishment its members shall make an appointment under paragraph (3).",
  "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/13",
    "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."
}