{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2016/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2016/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/941",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Justice Areas Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-justice-areas-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The persons referred to in sub-paragraph (2) must be elected in the prescribed manner and for the prescribed term.\n(2) The persons are—\n(a) a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen of the justices of a new area;\n(b) one or more members of a JTAAAC selection panel where the relevant JTAAAC area includes a new area;\n(c) one or more members of an FTAAAC selection panel where the relevant FTAAAC area includes a new area.\n(3) Subject to paragraph 2, the persons elected under sub-paragraph (2)(a) are to hold that position from 1st April 2017.\n(4) The persons elected under sub-paragraph (2)(a) may hold one or more meetings after the conclusion of the process of election but before 1st April 2017 for the purpose of preparing to assume their functions on and after that date.\n(5) For the purposes of calculating, in the prescribed manner, the number of persons to be elected under sub-paragraph (2)(b) or (c), the number of local justice areas in the FTAAAC area or JTAAAC area is to be calculated as if the new area or areas exist and taking into account the number of continuing areas in the FTAAAC area or JTAAAC area.\n(6) In this paragraph the expressions “the prescribed manner” and “the prescribed term” mean the manner and term prescribed by the Justices of the Peace Rules 2016.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/941/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:19:50.385734+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."
}