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Coroners and Justice Act 2009

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3(1)A person is eligible for appointment as a judicial member if the person is—E+W

(a)a judge of the Court of Appeal,

(b)a puisne judge of the High Court,

(c)a Circuit judge,

(d)a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts), or

(e)a lay justice.

(2)The judicial members must include at least one Circuit judge, one District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) and one lay justice.

(3)When appointing judicial members, the Lord Chief Justice must have regard to the desirability of the judicial members including at least one person who appears to the Lord Chief Justice to have responsibilities relating to the training of judicial office-holders who exercise criminal jurisdiction in England and Wales.

(4)Judicial office-holder” has the meaning given by section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4).

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