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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-training-and-development-committee-rules-2007/article-34",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1609",
  "legislation_title": "The Justices of the Peace (Training and Development Committee) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-training-and-development-committee-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/34",
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  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Inclusion in list of approved court chairmen",
  "text": "(1) A justice may only be included in the list of approved court chairmen if—\n(a) he has been appraised as competent to sit in the adult court—\n(i) in two appraisals; and\n(ii) the most recent of those appraisals took place within the three years preceding the date when the BTDC considers the suitability of the justice for inclusion in the list of approved court chairmen;\n(b) he has completed a chairmanship training course in accordance with rule 31(b);\n(c) he has been appraised on a minimum of three and a maximum of six separate occasions, by a different appraising justice on at least one such occasion, while presiding in court in accordance with rule 4 of the Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2005; and\n(d) the BTDC has decided to add the justice concerned to the list of approved court chairmen.\n(2) A BTDC may include a justice in the list of approved court chairmen for its local justice area without complying with paragraph (1) if—\n(a) the justice is, or was, assigned to another local justice area and is now assigned to its local justice area; and\n(b) immediately before he was assigned to its local justice area he was included in the list of approved court chairmen for the other area.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1609/article/34",
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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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