Rule 18 Appointment of persons to assist appeal authority with deciding appeal
(1)
In deciding whether to make an appointment under section 17(3) of the Measure, or whom to appoint, the appeal authority must consider what would be in the interests of justice in all the circumstances of the appeal.
(2)
To facilitate decisions under paragraph (1), the Archbishops’ Council may compile a list of persons willing to assist on appeals under the Measure, each of whom has a relevant expertise; and for that purpose, “relevant expertise” includes expertise in—
(a)
medicine or other matters relating to health care;
(b)
psychology;
(c)
law;
(d)
social work;
(e)
social and public policy.
(3)
An expertise is capable of being relevant whether it is based on practical experience or on academic study.