PART IITHE LIFE SENTENCE REVIEW COMMISSIONERS
Life Sentence Review Commissioners3
1
The Secretary of State shall appoint Life Sentence Review Commissioners.
2
The Secretary of State shall so far as reasonably practicable ensure that at any time—
a
at least one of the Commissioners is a person who holds or has held judicial office in any part of the United Kingdom or who is—
i
a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least ten years' standing; or
ii
an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least ten years' standing; or
iii
a person who has a ten year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 19904;
b
at least one is a registered medical practitioner who is a psychiatrist;
c
at least one is a chartered psychologist;
d
at least one is a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have knowledge and experience of the supervision or aftercare of discharged prisoners; and
e
at least one is a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have made a study of the causes of delinquency or the treatment of offenders.
3
The Commissioners shall—
a
advise the Secretary of State with respect to any matter referred to them by him which is connected with the release or recall of life prisoners; and
b
have the functions conferred by Part III.
4
In discharging any functions under this Order the Commissioners shall—
a
have due regard to the need to protect the public from serious harm from life prisoners; and
b
have regard to the desirability of—
i
preventing the commission by life prisoners of further offences; and
ii
securing the rehabilitation of life prisoners.
5
Schedule 1 (which makes further provision about the Commissioners) shall have effect.
6
In paragraph (2)—
“chartered psychologist” means a person for the time being listed in the British Psychological Society’s Register of Chartered Psychologists;
“registered medical practitioner” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 19835.