Regulation 2 The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1973

The following shall be inserted after Regulation 4:—

“4A

(1)

Members shall be appointed to fill any vacancies on the committee for a petty sessional area, after an election held in accordance with Regulation 5 below, on 1 February of each year.

(2)

Such appointments shall take effect from 1 April thereafter.

(3)

A candidate for appointment must be nominated by four justices and must give written notice of his candidature, together with written details of his qualifications, experience, interests or any other matter which might support his candidature, to the clerk to the justices not later than 30 November.

4B

Where the number of nominees under Regulation 4A(3) exceeds the number of vacancies on the committee, the clerk to the justices shall, as soon as is practicable (and, in any case, not later than 11 January), send to each justice a ballot paper, listing the names of each candidate, and a copy of the details supplied under paragraph 4A(3).”.