{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-1990/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-1990/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1554",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-1990",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Adoption of procedure for shortlisting candidates for chairman",
  "text": "(1) At each election meeting the justices for the petty sessions area shall decide whether, in relation to the three subsequent election meetings to be held, to adopt the procedure in rule 6 of these Rules unless, by virtue of their decision taken at an earlier election meeting, that procedure is to apply in relation to the next election meeting.\n(2) Where the justices decide to adopt the procedure in rule 6 of these Rules in relation to the three subsequent election meetings to be held, that procedure shall also apply in relation to any election for a chairman held between those election meetings by virtue of rule 10 of these Rules save that the justices' clerk shall be under no obligation to post ballot papers to each justice eligible to vote within the time limit specified in rule 6(1) of these Rules.\n(3) The decision whether to adopt the procedure in rule 6 of these Rules shall be taken by secret ballot of the justices present and eligible to vote at the election meeting and the decision shall be taken to be to adopt the procedure as aforesaid only if at least two-thirds of those justices vote in favour of adopting the procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1554/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:11:02.798322+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."
}