Part 4JP courts and JPs
Appointment of JPs etc.
77Records and validity of appointment etc.
1
The Scottish Ministers are to maintain (in such form as they consider appropriate)—
a
a list of all persons holding office as a JP or stipendiary magistrate,
b
a record of—
i
the instruments of appointment of those persons,
ii
any order removing a JP or stipendiary magistrate from office.
2
The Scottish Ministers are to send to the clerk of each sheriff court a copy of the list and record mentioned in subsection (1) so far as relating to JPs and stipendiary magistrates appointed for the sheriffdom containing that sheriff court.
3
Where a sheriff clerk is sent a copy of something under subsection (2), the clerk is to make it available (in such form as the clerk considers appropriate) for public inspection.
4
No appointment of a JP, nor any act of a JP, is invalidated solely because—
a
provision made under section 67(5) is not complied with,
b
the residential requirement referred to in section 68(1) is not met, or
c
a condition imposed under section 68(2) is not met.
5
No appointment of a stipendiary magistrate, nor any act of a stipendiary magistrate, is invalidated solely because—
a
provision made under section 74(9) is not complied with, or
b
a condition imposed by virtue of section 75(3)(a) is not met.