{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-scotland-order-2007/article-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointment of JPs",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers may appoint a person as a JP for a sheriffdom only if that person has been recommended for appointment by the JPAC for that sheriffdom.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to–\n(a) an appointment under section 67(7)(b) of the Act; or\n(b) a reappointment under section 70(2) of the Act.\n(3) In making decisions as to which persons to recommend for appointment as JPs, a JPAC–\n(a) shall act in accordance with procedures approved by the Board; and\n(b) may have regard to recommendations submitted to it by other persons.\n(4) A JPAC may not recommend a person for appointment as a JP unless that person has undertaken a course of training approved for the purposes of this paragraph by the Lord President.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}