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The governing body is the Board of Trustees. A Council advises the Board. Various standing committees are populated by association members and focus on specific areas of magistrates' activities.
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By 1945, membership had grown to 5,288 members, and it had 16,354 at its fiftieth Anniversary in 1970. Today, it represents over 80% of active magistrates.
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Since 1969, it has helped to develop various sentencing guidelines. It also organises conferences and publishes a magazine,
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of the day was president, but when the role of the Lord Chancellor changed with the passing of the
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magistrate, Alderman Wilkins, in 1920. The inaugural meeting of the association was held at
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Organisations based in the United Kingdom with royal patronage
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was elected the association's first president. Thereafter the
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The idea of forming an association of magistrates came from a
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and is funded by its members to promote the magistracy.
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Magistrates Association

Charitable organization
Criminal Justice
St George Wharf
51°29′10″N 0°07′34″W / 51.486°N 0.126°W / 51.486; -0.126
England and Wales
Magistrates' Association
membership organisation
magistrates
England
Wales
charitable organisation
Derby
Central Hall, Westminster
Lord Haldane
Lord Chancellor
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Lord Chief Justice
royal charter
"History of the Magistrates' Association"
the original
"Magistrates' Association"


"Home"
The Magistracy at the Crossroads
ISBN
978-1-90438-086-3
"Magistrates' Association"

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