2015 No. 1423

Justices Of The Peace, England And Wales

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Reg. 1 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1(1)

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1(1)

Transitional provisionI33

These Regulations apply to any claim submitted on or after 1st August 2015.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Reg. 3 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1(1)

RevocationsI44

The Justices’ Allowances Regulations 19762 and the Justices’ Allowances (Amendment) Regulations 19763 are revoked, except to the extent necessary for the purposes of dealing with any claim submitted in accordance with those Regulations before 1st August 2015.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I4

Reg. 4 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1(1)

Shailesh VaraParliamentary Under Secretary of StateMinistry of Justice

I5SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 2(1)

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Commencement Information
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Sch. 1 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1(1)

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I6SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 2(2)

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Commencement Information
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Sch. 2 in force at 1.8.2015, see reg. 1(1)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and replace the Justices’ Allowances Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/117) and the Justices’ Allowances (Amendment) Regulations 1976 (S.I. 1976/2118) governing the claiming of allowances by lay justices for travelling, subsistence or financial loss under section 15 of the Courts Act 2003.

Regulation 2 requires any lay justice who wants to claim their allowances to submit an Annual Declaration. Schedule 1 prescribes the form of the Annual Declaration.

Regulation 2 requires any lay justice who wants to claim their allowances to do so on the prescribed form set out at Schedule 2 to the Regulations. A different format (such as an electronic format) may be used with the Lord Chancellor’s agreement.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.