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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1The Board

Members

3.—(1) The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission must appoint—

(a)legal members of the Board;

(b)medical members of the Board, and

(c)ordinary members of the Board.

(2) A person may be appointed as a legal member of the Board only if that person is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least 5 years’ standing.

(3) A person may be appointed as a medical member of the Board only if that person is a registered medical practitioner.

(4) A person may be appointed as an ordinary member of the Board only if it appears to the Department that the person has appropriate knowledge or experience.