# The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Sussex) Amalgamation Order 1999, Paragraph 4: The selection panel for the transferee committee


(1) The justices for the committee areas of the transferor committees shall establish a selection panel for the committee area of the transferee committee and appoint the first members of that panel in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.
(2) The selection panel shall come into existence on the first appointed day, and the first members of the selection panel shall be appointed for a period beginning on the first appointed day and ending on 31st December 2001.
(3) Until 31st December 2001 the selection panel shall consist of—
(a) two representatives from the justices for the Brighton petty sessions area;
(b) two representatives from the justices for the Hastings petty sessions area; and
(c) one representative from the justices for each of the other petty sessions areas.
(4) The transferor committees shall by the day before the first appointed day appoint one or more clerks to the selection panel (who may be the clerk designate, or any or all of them if there is more than one), and the clerk or clerks to the selection panel shall act as such from the first appointed day until such time as the transferee committee shall appoint a person to be the justices' chief executive for their area.
(5) For the purposes of the appointment of the first members of the selection panel, the names of the representatives from each bench shall be notified to the clerk to the selection panel by the day before the first appointed day, and regulation 5(9) of the Constitution Regulations shall not apply.
(6) Except as provided in the preceding sub-paragraphs, regulation 5 of the Constitution Regulations shall apply in relation to the appointment of the first members of the selection panel.
(7) The members of the selection panel for all periods after 31st December 2001 shall be appointed in accordance with regulation 5 of the Constitution Regulations.
(8) The selection panel shall not until the amalgamation date constitute a panel for the purposes of paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Police Act 1996.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2542/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-committees-sussex-amalgamation-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-4
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