# The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1999, Regulation 9: Casual vacancies on the committee


(1) If a casual vacancy arises on a committee, the committee may request the selection panel to select a justice to fill the vacancy but shall not be obliged to do so unless the committee would otherwise be inquorate.
(2) A justice who is appointed to a casual vacancy on a committee shall serve only for the remaining part of the period for which the member he replaced was appointed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2395/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-constitution-regulations-1999/regulation-9
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