Part 4JP courts and JPs
Appointment of JPs etc.
I177Records and validity of appointment etc.
1
The Scottish Ministers are to maintain (in such form as they consider appropriate)—
a
a list of all persons holding office as a JP F3...,
b
a record of—
i
the instruments of appointment of those persons,
ii
any order removing a JP F4... from office.
2
The Scottish Ministers are to send to the clerk of each sheriff court a copy of the list and record mentioned in subsection (1) so far as relating to JPs F1... appointed for the sheriffdom containing that sheriff court.
3
Where a sheriff clerk is sent a copy of something under subsection (2), the clerk is to make it available (in such form as the clerk considers appropriate) for public inspection.
4
No appointment of a JP, nor any act of a JP, is invalidated solely because—
a
provision made under section 67(5) is not complied with,
b
the residential requirement referred to in section 68(1) is not met, or
c
a condition imposed under section 68(2) is not met.
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