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.