3(1)The Central Council shall appoint assessors (either generally or for any particular proceedings or class of proceedings) to advise the Council or committees on questions of law arising in the proceedings.U.K.
(2)Assessors shall be—
(a)persons who have a ten year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the M1Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;
(b)advocates or solicitors in Scotland of at least ten years’ standing; or
(c)members of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitors of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least ten years’ standing.
(3)The Council shall pay to assessors such remuneration as it may determine.
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Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation
F1Act repealed (prosp.) 1999 c. 8, ss. 60(3), 65(2), 67(1), Sch. 5, the repeal being brought into force as follows: 11.5.2001, to the extent that s. 10(5) and Sch. 1 para. 7(4) ceased to have effect by S.I. 2001/1985, art. 2(2)(a); 1.4.2002, to the extent that ss. 1-8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17-20, 22 (in part), 24 (in part), Schs. 1-3 and Sch. 4 paras. 1, 2 are repealed, by S.I. 2002/1167, arts. 3(a), 5 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2002/253, arts. 1(3), 54, sch. 2 (with art. 3(18)) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the said S.I. 2002/253)