Article 7 Amendments to the Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 1990

(1)

In rule 7(1)—

(a)

after the words “office of chairman” there shall be inserted the words “, or for the election of one or more deputy chairmen,”; and

(b)

for the word “and” there shall be substituted the words “or (as the case may be)”.

(2)

After rule 7(1) there shall added the following paragraph— “(1A) Where there is a short list of candidates for the office of chairman or for the election of one or more deputy chairmen and the number of candidates on the short list is, for any reason, reduced to one, the election for the office of chairman or of one or more deputy chairmen, as appropriate, shall proceed under this rule as if no short list of candidates had been drawn up.”.

(3)

In rule 7(2)—

(a)

after the words “office of chairman” there shall be inserted the words “, or for the election of one or more deputy chairmen,”, and

(b)

for the words “and the provisions in paragraph (3) below which relate to the election of one or more deputy chairmen shall apply to the election” there shall be substituted the words “or (as the case may be)”.

(4)

In rule 7(4)—

(a)

after the words “under rule 6” there shall be inserted the words “, or the election of one or more deputy chairmen under rule 6A,”; and

(b)

at the end there shall be added “or (as the case may be) deputy chairman”.