Rule 6 Chairman and deputy chairmen of Youth Panels

(1)

A person who, immediately before 13th July 2007, held office as a chairman of an outgoing panel or a combined outgoing panel shall hold office as chairman of the youth panel for the corresponding local justice area or areas for a term beginning on 13th July 2007 and ending on 31st December 2007.

(2)

The members of each youth panel shall elect, by secret ballot, a chairman and one or more deputy chairmen in accordance with this rule, to hold office for a term of one year from the 1st January following the date of appointment.

(3)

At the youth election meeting in 2007 the members of the youth panel shall elect the chairman and one or more deputy chairmen to hold office from 1st January 2008.

(4)

At the youth election meeting in 2007 and each subsequent youth election meeting the members of the youth panel shall decide—

(a)

whether the election in the following year shall take place—

(i)

at the youth election meeting; or

(ii)

by postal ballot to be conducted prior to the youth election meeting; and

(b)

if appropriate, the method of conducting a postal ballot.

(5)

Nominations for the chairman and one or more deputy chairmen may be made by the members of the youth panel to the justices’ clerk.

(6)

If a vacancy occurs in the chairmanship or deputy chairmanship, the members of the youth panel shall, as soon as practicable, elect by secret ballot a chairman or, as the case may be, deputy chairman, to hold office for the remainder of the period for which the person replaced would have served.