Part II Justices and Clerks of the Peace
Justices of the peace
12F1 Restriction of functions of justices who are councillors etc.
1
A member of a local authority—
a
shall not be appointed to hold office as a full justice;
b
may be appointed as a signing justice.
2
A full justice who—
a
at the coming into force of section 9 of the Bail, Judicial Appointments etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 9) is; or
b
at any time thereafter becomes,
1
a member of a local authority, shall thereupon become a signing justice.
3
The name of a person—
a
appointed as a justice under subsection (1)(b) above;
b
who becomes a signing justice by virtue of the operation of subsection (2) above,
shall be entered in the supplemental list.
4
In subsection (1) above—
“local authority” includes the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service;
“full justice” and “signing justice” have the same meanings as in section 9 of this Act.