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.