The Magistrates' Courts Committees (Constitution) Regulations 1994

Retirement from office

14.—(1) In this Regulation, “the table” means the table set out in Schedule 2 and reference to a “column” is a reference to a column of that table.

(2) Membership of the committee shall rotate annually in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(3) In respect of the members of the committee for the inner London area appointed to take office on 1st April 1995 the selection panel shall, in relation to a committee with the number of members set out on the left hand side of the table—

(a) appoint the number of members set out in the corresponding entry in column (i) to serve for a term of one year;

(b) appoint the number of members set out in the corresponding entry in column (ii) to serve for a term of two years; and

(c) appoint the number of members set out in the corresponding entry in column (iii) to serve for a term of three years.

(4) In respect of the members of the committee (except that for the inner London area), appointed to take office on 1st October 1995, the provisions of paragraph (3) and Schedule 2 shall apply as if

(a) in paragraph (3)(a) and column (i) for “one year” there were substituted “eighteen months”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(b) and column (ii) for “two years” there were substituted “two years and six months”; and

(c) in paragraph (3)(c) and column (iii) for “three years” there were substituted “three years and six months”.

(5) All subsequent appointments shall be for a period of three years in accordance with regulation 8.