Schedules
Schedule 15The Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Terms of appointment
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1
The Lord Chancellor may by order make provision—
a
as to the term of office, resignation and re-appointment of judicial members and non-judicial members;
b
enabling the Lord Chancellor to remove a judicial member from office, with the agreement of the Lord Chief Justice, on the grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour;
c
enabling the Lord Chancellor to remove a non-judicial member from office on the grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour.
2
The following provisions apply to an order under sub-paragraph (1)—
a
if the order includes provision falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a), the Lord Chancellor must consult the Lord Chief Justice about that provision before making the order;
b
if the order includes provision falling within sub-paragraph (1)(b), the order may not be made unless the Lord Chief Justice agrees to the inclusion of that provision.