Sentence Review Commissioners
1 Sentence 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.