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The Justices of the Peace (Scotland) Order 2007
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- 2007 No. 210
- Article 17
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Appraisal of JPs
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17.—(1) Every JAC shall establish a scheme to appraise the performance on the bench of JPs.
(2) The JAC shall select JPs to conduct appraisals (“the appraising justices”) and may also arrange for a JP appointed for another sheriffdom to conduct appraisals.
(3) The JAC shall determine the intervals at which JPs are to be appraised.
(4) The JAC shall establish a procedure for conducting appraisals, which shall include the following elements–
(a)the notification that will be given to the JP to be appraised (“the appraised justice”);
(b)a procedure for the appraising justice to record his or her assessment and for notifying the appraised justice and the JAC of that assessment;
(c)a procedure for enabling the appraised justice to discuss the assessment with the appraising justice;
(d)a procedure enabling the appraised justice to challenge the assessment to a person other than the appraising justice;
(e)a procedure for the appraising justice to recommend to the convener of the JAC any action which may be required following the appraisal and for the JAC to notify the appraised justice of any action which it deems is reasonable following consideration of the appraising JP’s assessment and recommendation; and
(f)the time limits for these procedures.
(5) The JAC shall publish its scheme to the JPs in its sheriffdom.
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