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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-size-and-chairmanship-of-bench-rules-2005/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Presiding justices",
  "text": "(1) A justice may preside before he has been included on a list of approved court chairmen only if—\n(a) he is under the supervision of a justice who is on the list of approved court chairmen; and\n(b) he has completed the chairman training courses prescribed by the BTDC.\n(2) In this rule, “list of approved court chairmen” means a list kept by a Bench Training and Development Committee in accordance with rule 13 of the Justices of the Peace (Training and Appraisal) Rules 2005.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S.I. 2005/*."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/553/article/4",
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  "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."
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