SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 3 The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission
Procedure
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The Commission shall sit at such times and in such places as the Lord Chancellor may direct F1 after consulting the following—
a
the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;
b
the Lord President of the Court of Session;
c
the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
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The Commission may sit in two or more divisions.
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At each sitting of the Commission—
a
three members shall attend,
b
one of the members shall be a person who holds or has held high judicial office (within the meaning of F3Part 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) or is or has been a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and
c
the chairman or another member nominated by him shall preside and report the Commission’s decision.
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The Lord Chief Justice may nominate a judicial office holder (as defined in section 109(4) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005) to exercise his functions under this paragraph.
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The Lord President of the Court of Session may nominate a judge of the Court of Session who is a member of the First or Second Division of the Inner House of that Court to exercise his functions under this paragraph.
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The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under this paragraph—
a
the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26);
b
a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).