{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/7",
  "legislation_title": "Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-and-judicial-offices-act-2022",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/45",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Lay magistrates in Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) If—\n(a) a person ceased to hold office before the commencement date by virtue of section 4(11) of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9 (N.I.)), and\n(b) the person has not attained the age of 75,\nthe Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission may appoint the person as a lay magistrate under this paragraph.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) section 4(5) of that Act (which prohibits the appointment of a lay magistrate unless certain training requirements are met) is to be ignored, and\n(b) the reference in section 4(7) of that Act to eligibility for appointment as a lay magistrate includes eligibility for appointment under this paragraph.\n(3) In this paragraph “the commencement date” means the date on which the amendment made by paragraph 25(4)(d) takes effect.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 45 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 131(1)(4)(a)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/7/schedule/1/paragraph/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:27.065737+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."
}