The Justices of the Peace Rules 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules replace the Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/553), the Justices of the Peace (Training and Development Committee) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1609), the Family Court (Constitution of Committees: Family Panels) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/842), and the Youth Courts (Constitution of Committees and Right to Preside) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1611).

The Rules make provision with regard to the size and chairmanship of benches, presiding justices, and the procedure for elections of chairmen and deputy chairmen for each local justice area. They increase flexibility in relation to the method of voting in elections.

The Rules provide for the establishment of a Justices’ Training, Approvals, Authorisations and Appraisals Committee (JTAAAC) and a Family Training, Approvals, Authorisations and Appraisals Committee (FTAAAC). These committees replace Bench Training and Development Committees, Family Training and Development Committees, Magistrates’ Area Training Committees and the Inner London Youth Training and Development Committee.

The Rules make provision for election to the selection panels for each JTAAAC and FTAAAC, and membership of the JTAAAC and FTAAAC, and set out the role and functions of the JTAAAC and the FTAAAC.

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