Magistrates

3. Decision made by magistrates regarding pre-trial release or remand.
5. Active involvement in this legal field disqualifies a person from sitting.
7. Minimum number of half-day sittings required from a magistrate each year.
8. Category of low-level offences tried completely by lay magistrates.
10. Local Advisory Committee responsible for interviewing and recommending candidates.
11. Court where magistrates sit alongside a judge to hear appeals.
14. Qualified professional who assists lay magistrates on points of law.
15. Judicial authorization for arrest or search issued by a magistrate.

1. Requirement to live or work within the local justice area.
2. Six months imprisonment or an unlimited fine for a single offence.
4. Panel of three magistrates who hear criminal cases together.
6. Key personal attributes required of candidates during the selection process.
9. Government minister who formally appoints magistrates on behalf of the Crown.
12. The mandatory retirement age for all serving lay magistrates.
13. Fact-finding hearings where magistrates decide guilt or innocence.