Schedules
Schedule 15The Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Appointment of non-judicial members
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(1)
A person is eligible for appointment as a non-judicial member if the person appears to the Lord Chancellor to have experience in one or more of the following areas—
(a)
criminal defence;
(b)
criminal prosecution;
(c)
policing;
(d)
sentencing policy and the administration of justice;
(e)
the promotion of the welfare of victims of crime;
(f)
academic study or research relating to criminal law or criminology;
(g)
the use of statistics;
(h)
the rehabilitation of offenders.
(2)
The persons eligible for appointment as a non-judicial member by virtue of experience of criminal prosecution include the Director of Public Prosecutions.