Article 15 Appointments to JAC – procedure
A person may not be appointed as a member of a JAC without having been interviewed by a panel comprising–
the sheriff principal of the relevant area, or a sheriff having jurisdiction in the relevant area nominated by the sheriff principal; and
two justices of the peace for the relevant area, each of whom has been a justice of the peace for at least five years.
The sheriff principal of the relevant area or a sheriff nominated by that sheriff principal under paragraph (1)(a) shall select the justices of the peace referred to in paragraph (1)(b).
In paragraph (1), the “relevant area” is the sheriffdom in respect of which the JAC is formed except that, in the case of an interview under paragraph (1) held prior to the specified day, the “relevant area” in sub paragraph (b) of that paragraph is a commission area any part of which falls within that sheriffdom.
A person may be appointed as a member of a JAC for a sheriffdom only if that person is a justice of the peace for the relevant area.
In paragraph (4), the “relevant area” is the sheriffdom in respect of which the JAC is formed except that, in the case of appointments made before the specified day, the “relevant area” is a commission area any part of which falls within that sheriffdom.
In making appointments to the JAC, the sheriff principal shall bring the existence of a vacancy to the attention of–
all JPs appointed for the sheriffdom; or
in the case of a vacancy arising before the specified day, all full justices appointed for a commission area any part of which falls within the sheriffdom.
In paragraph (6) “full justices” means full justices whose names have been included in a duty rota of justices (that is, such a rota as approved under section 16(1)(b) of the 1975 Act) for any time during the 12 months ending on the coming into force of this Order.