The Justices of the Peace (Training and Appraisal) Rules 2005

Interpretation

2.  In these Rules –

“a BTDC” means a Bench Training and Development Committee established in accordance with these Rules; and references to justices, in relation to a BTDC, mean justices assigned to the local justice area or areas for which the BTDC is established;

“approved court chairman” means a justice approved by the BTDC to preside in magistrates' courts other than family proceedings courts, youth courts, or licensing or betting licensing committees in accordance with rule 13;

“courts board area” means an area of England and Wales for which there is a courts board under section 4 of the Courts Act 2003;

“election meeting” means a meeting held in accordance with rule 11 of the Justices of the Peace (Size and Chairmanship of Bench) Rules 2005(1);

“justice” means a lay justice and, in relation to a local justice area, means a justice who is assigned to that area;

“justices' clerk”, in relation to a local justice area, means a justices' clerk assigned to that area and includes any person acting as such;

“an MATC” means a Magistrates' Area Training Committee, established in accordance with these Rules.

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S.I. 2005/563.