... make it so a person can become a lay magistrate. The person must also be able to sit for long periods of time and so must be healthy enough to fulfil their duties. The final criteria is that the person must be able to sit for at least 26 times a year, usually each time consists of half of a day and so must be able to sit for 13 days. This means they must be able to take off work and have enough free time in there schedule to for fill this. They also have to go thought a training period to gain the experienced needed to become a lay magistrate and this training period is long and very hard, and gives them enough training to start to be a lay magistrate straight away. Groups such as local political party, trade unions and chambers of commerce normally put the ...

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