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Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998
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Sentence Review Commissioners
1Sentence Review Commissioners
(1)The Secretary of State shall appoint 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 lawyer, and
(b)at least one is a psychiatrist or a psychologist.
(3)In making appointments the Secretary of State shall have regard to the desirability of the Commissioners, as a group, commanding widespread acceptance throughout the community in Northern Ireland.
(4)Schedule 1 (which makes further provision about the Commissioners) shall have effect.
(5)In subsection (2)(a) “lawyer” means a person who holds a legal qualification in the United Kingdom.
2Commissioners' procedure
Schedule 2 (which makes provision about the procedure to be followed in relation to the Commissioners' functions) shall have effect.
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