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.