# The Youth Courts (Constitution of Committees and Right to Preside) Rules 2007, Rule 12: Absence of youth justice entitled to preside


(1) The youth justices present may appoint one of their number to preside in a youth court to deal with any case in the absence of a justice entitled to preside under rule 11 if—
(a) before making such appointment the youth justices present are satisfied as to the suitability for this purpose of the justice proposed; and
(b) except as mentioned in paragraph (2), the justice proposed has completed or is undergoing a chairman training course in accordance with rule 31(f) of the 2007 Rules.
(2) The condition in paragraph (1)(b) does not apply if by reason of illness, circumstances unforeseen when the youth justices to sit were chosen or other emergency no justice who complies with that condition is present.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1611/rule/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/youth-courts-constitution-of-committees-and-right-to-preside-rules-2007/rule-12
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