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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-training-and-development-committee-rules-2007/article-39",
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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/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Assessment of suitability",
  "text": "(1) A justice who wishes to be authorised to sit as a member of a family proceedings court or youth court shall submit a written application to the authorising body.\n(2) The authorising body shall assess the suitability of a justice by—\n(a) considering the written application submitted by the justice; and\n(b) interviewing the justice, if it considers it appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/879",
      "affecting_title": "The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Family Court: Consequential Provision) (No.2) Order 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1609/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:51:36.260430+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."
}