Article 15 Functions of BTDC
(1)
The BTDC shall compile annually a list of justices approved to preside in court (in this rule and rule 16 called “approved court chairmen”) to sit in magistrates' courts other than family proceedings courts, youth courts, or licensing or betting licensing committees.
(2)
In establishing the list the BTDC shall consider the number of approved court chairmen necessary to—
(a)
enable each court to sit under the chairmanship of an approved court chairman; and
(b)
ensure that each court chairman has the opportunity to sit as chairman sufficiently often to maintain an appropriate level of competence.
(3)
The BTDC—
(a)
must regularly review the list of approved court chairmen; and
(b)
may at any time remove a justice’s name from, or add a justice’s name to, the list.