{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-2002/article-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Determining result of postal ballot for election of deputy chairmen",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies for determining the result of the postal ballot where more than one deputy chairman is to be elected.\n(2) In this rule, “requisite number” means the number of deputy chairmen to be elected.\n(3) The requisite number of justices who have received the most first choice votes shall be elected deputy chairmen.\n(4) If less than the requisite number of justices have received first choice votes, that justice or those justices who have received first choice votes shall be elected deputy chairman or deputy chairmen (as the case may be).\n(5) If—\n(a) two or more justices have received an equal number of first choice votes; and\n(b) the addition of a first choice vote to those cast for any one or more of those justices is necessary to enable him or them to be elected,\nthe justices' chief executive shall, at the election meeting, decide between those justices by lot.\n(6) The justice or justices on whom the lot falls shall be elected deputy chairman or deputy chairmen (as the case may be) and the justices' chief executive shall, at the election meeting, announce the names of the justices so elected.\n(7) If any deputy chairmen remain to be elected, the justices shall elect them at the election meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Schedule.\n(8) The election referred to in paragraph (7) shall be by secret ballot unless paragraph 3 of the Schedule applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "subst",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/1514",
      "affecting_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) (Amendment) Rules 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/193/article/8",
    "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."
}