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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-2002/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-2002/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/193",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-2002",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Elections",
  "text": "(1) The justices for each petty sessions area shall each year elect from among themselves a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a secret ballot shall be held in accordance with these Rules for the election of chairman and for the election of deputy chairman.\n(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply where, as the case may be, the chairman or all the deputy chairmen required to fill the number of offices available have been elected under rule 5(8).\n(4) A justice for a petty sessions area in respect of which the election is held may vote in the election if—\n(a) in the case of an election by postal ballot, the justice is a justice for that petty sessions area on the date the notices seeking nominations are posted; and\n(b) in the case of an election held at a meeting, the justice is a justice for that petty sessions area on the date of the meeting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/193/article/4",
    "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."
}