{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-training-and-development-committee-rules-2007/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-training-and-development-committee-rules-2007/article-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Quorum of a BTDC meeting",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following paragraphs of this rule, a BTDC meeting shall be quorate if there are three members at the meeting.\n(2) Where a BTDC is carrying out one of the functions referred to in rule 11 or rule 37 in relation to one or more family justices, a BTDC meeting shall only be quorate if a family justice is present unless—\n(a) a family justice is not present due to unforeseen circumstances; and\n(b) the members of the BTDC present at the meeting agree that it is appropriate to carry out the function in the absence of a family justice.\n(3) Where a BTDC is carrying out one of the functions referred to in rule 11 or rule 37 in relation to one or more youth justices, a BTDC meeting shall only be quorate if a youth justice is present unless—\n(a) a youth justice is not present due to unforeseen circumstances; and\n(b) the members of the BTDC present at the meeting agree that it is appropriate to carry out the function in the absence of a youth justice.\n(4) If—\n(a) a member leaves a meeting because he is the subject of discussion at the meeting; and\n(b) by reason of his absence there are less than three members at the meeting,\nthe meeting shall be quorate in relation to that discussion.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1609/article/7",
    "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."
}