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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/553",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n(a) “election meeting” means a meeting held in accordance with rule 11;\n“justice” means, in relation to a local justice area, a justice who is assigned to that area;\n“justices'clerk” in relation to a local justice area, means a justices'clerk assigned to that area and includes any person acting as such;\n“reserve vote” means a vote cast in accordance with rule 7(6);\n“the schedule” means the Schedule to these Rules;\nreferences to a ballot are references to a ballot conducted under these Rules;\nreferences to a postal ballot are references to a postal ballot conducted under rule 7.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/553/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:07:42.062500+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."
}