{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-regulations-1994/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-regulations-1994/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2811",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Co-opted and appointed members",
  "text": "(1) A member co-opted by the committee under section 20(2)(a) of the Act shall serve for a period of one year from the date of the first meeting following the approval of by the Lord Chancellor of the co-option.\n(2) The committee may, with the approval of the Lord Chancellor, renew the period of co-option of a co-opted member.\n(3) Where the Lord Chancellor appoints a member to a committee under section 20(2)(b) of the Act, he shall send written notice to the committee of\n(a) the name, qualifications, experience and interests of the appointee and the reason for the appointment; and\n(b) the date on which the appointment is to take effect.\n(4) If the Lord Chancellor terminates an appointment made under section 20(2)(b) of the Act, he shall give written notice of the termination to the committee and to the person so appointed and of the date from which the termination is to take effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2811/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:23:45.893077+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."
}