Article 18 Requests to a justice to preside

A chairman or deputy chairman of the justices for a petty sessions area who is present at a meeting of those justices may, if he thinks it appropriate to do so, request another justice to preside under the provisions of section 22(2) of the 1997 Act.

Nothing in this rule shall permit a justice to preside in court unless he has completed or is undergoing a course of instruction for chairmanship approved by the Lord Chancellor under section 64 of the 1997 Act.