2015 No. 1423
The Justices’ Allowances Regulations 2015
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(8) and 109(4) and (5) of the Courts Act 20031.
Citation, commencement and interpretationI11
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Justices’ Allowances Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st August 2015.
2
In these Regulations—
“claim” means a claim for a travelling, subsistence or financial loss allowance under section 15 of the Courts Act 2003.
Requirements applying to lay justices who submit claimsI22
1
A lay justice who wants to submit a claim must submit an Annual Declaration each year in the form set out in Schedule 1 at a time stipulated by the Lord Chancellor.
2
A lay justice must complete and submit any claim to the Lord Chancellor in the form set out in Schedule 2 and in accordance with the requirements specified in that form.
3
A lay justice may only submit a claim in a different format from that set out in Schedule 2 if the Lord Chancellor agrees.
4
A lay justice must make any claim within 1 month of the date on which the expenditure or loss to which the claim relates was incurred.
Transitional provisionI33
These Regulations apply to any claim submitted on or after 1st August 2015.
RevocationsI44
I5SCHEDULE 1
I6SCHEDULE 2
Sch. 2 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1(1)
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Sch. 1 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1(1)