Regulation 10 Chairman of the committee

The provisions of this Regulation are subject to section 22(1A) of the Act^f1 (chairmanship of the committee for the inner London area).

The committee shall appoint a chairman at its first meeting after 1st April in each year.

The chairman shall hold office until the next such first meeting and, if he has then been reappointed a member of the committee, shall be eligible for reappointment as chairman.

A justice may serve no more than a total of six terms of office as chairman.

Any period served as chairman of the committee of magistrates for the inner London area before 1st April 1995, and of any committee (other than that for the inner London area) before 1st April 1996, shall not count towards the maximum period of service permitted by this regulation.