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The Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority (Constitution) Regulations 1999

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Members of the Authority

4.—(1) There shall be a maximum of 15 members of the Authority including any member co-opted or appointed under regulation 13 unless the Lord Chancellor directs otherwise in accordance with paragraph (8).

(2) The membership of the Authority shall comprise—

(a)two members who are mayoral nominees; and

(b)the following members in the following categories who shall be selected by the selection panel:

(i)two members shall be representatives of the ALG (“the ALG category”);

(ii)subject to paragraph (3), one member shall be a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) (“the DJMC category”); and

(iii)subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), at least 4 but not more than 10 members shall be either lay magistrates or District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) (“the magistrates' category”).

(3) No District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) shall be appointed as a member of the Authority unless he is for the time being acting as a justice of the peace in Greater London.

(4) No lay magistrate shall be appointed as a member of the Authority unless he is a justice of the peace for a commission area in Greater London.

(5) If a member of the Authority is appointed as a member in the ALG category and the ALG subsequently notifies the Authority that the member is no longer its representative, that member shall immediately cease to be a member of the Authority.

(6) If a member is appointed as a member in the DJMC category and he subsequently ceases to be a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) who is for the time being acting as a justice of the peace in Greater London, that member shall at the same time cease to be a member of the Authority.

(7) If a member is appointed as a member in the magistrates' category and he subsequently ceases to be either—

(a)a lay magistrate for a commission area in Greater London; or

(b)a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) who is for the time being acting as a justice of the peace in Greater London,

that member shall at the same time cease to be a member of the Authority.

(8) The Lord Chancellor may direct that any members co-opted or appointed under regulation 13 are to be left out of account in applying the upper limit of 15 members.

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