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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/193",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2002",
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  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Presiding justices",
  "text": "No justice may preside in court unless he has completed a course of instruction for chairmanship provided by a magistrates' courts committee in accordance with arrangements approved by the Lord Chancellor under section 64 of the 1997 Act and either—\n(a) he has been included by the BTDC in the list of approved court chairmen; or\n(b) he is presiding under the supervision of an approved court chairman as part of his chairmanship training.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/193/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:16:08.613732+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."
}