The Justices of the Peace (Training and Appraisal) (Amendment) Rules 2007
These Rules amend the Justices of the Peace (Training and Appraisal) Rules 2005 (“the 2005 Rules”) (S.I. 2005/564). The 2005 Rules established Magistrate Area Training Committees (“MATCs”) which consider the training needs of magistrates. The 2005 Rules link the establishment and operation of MATCs to courts boards areas, the boundaries of which are described in the Schedule to the Courts Boards Areas Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1192). The boundaries of the courts boards areas will be changed by S.I. 2007/1022, which comes into force on the same day as these Rules. These Rules ensure that, notwithstanding the changes to courts boards areas, the operation of the existing MATCs will be unaffected.