SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3U.K. The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission

ProcedureU.K.

4(1)The Commission shall sit at such times and in such places as the Lord Chancellor may direct [F1 after consulting the following—U.K.

(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].

(2)The Commission may sit in two or more divisions.

(3)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 [F2Part 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.

[F3(4)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.

(5)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.

(6)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).]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 3 para. 4(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 145, 148, Sch. 17 para. 29; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(e)