{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/schedule-12/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/schedule-12/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A person may only be appointed to be an assessor for the purposes of section 133 above if he is—\n(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification, within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;\n(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland;\n(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least 7 years’ standing; or\n(d) a person who holds or has held judicial office in any part of the United Kingdom; or\n(e) a member (whether the chairman or not) of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 1(a)–(c) substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 37), s. 71(2), Sch. 10 para. 72(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 12 para. 2 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 12 para. 1 inserted (S.) (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 113(2)(a), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 12 para. 1(e) repealed (S.) (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 113(2)(b), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/schedule/12/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:56.668542+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}