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This Order provides that, unless the Lord Chancellor otherwise determines in the case of a particular person, a person will not be eligible for appointment as a Lay Magistrate under section 9(1) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 if –
(1) he does not reside or work in (or within 15 miles of) the county court division to which the appointment relates (Article 2(a));
(2) he is the holder of a specified office or has a specified occupation (Article 2(b) – (e));
(3) certain persons related to or connected with him hold a specified office or have a specified occupation (Article 2(f) and (g));
(4) he or certain persons related to or connected with him have held a specified office or specified occupation in a preceding two year period (Article 2(h));
(5) a bankruptcy order has been made against him or his estate has been sequestrated or he has made a composition or arrangement with, or granted a trust deed for, his creditors (Article 2(i)); or
(6) he has been convicted of an offence punishable by a term of imprisonment (Article 2(j)).
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