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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/schedule-15/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
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  "number": "4",
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  "text": "(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—\n(a) criminal defence;\n(b) criminal prosecution;\n(c) policing;\n(d) sentencing policy and the administration of justice;\n(e) the promotion of the welfare of victims of crime;\n(f) academic study or research relating to criminal law or criminology;\n(g) the use of statistics;\n(h) the rehabilitation of offenders.\n(2) The persons eligible for appointment as a non-judicial member by virtue of experience of criminal prosecution include the Director of Public Prosecutions.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 4 in force at 1.2.2010 by S.I. 2010/145, art. 2(2), Sch. para. 23(a)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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