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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780110800875",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall appoint Parole Commissioners.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall so far as reasonably practicable ensure that at any time—\n(a) at least one of the Commissioners is a person who holds or has held judicial office in any part of the United Kingdom or who is—\n(i) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least 10 years' standing; or\n(ii) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least 10 years' standing; or\n(iii) a person who has a 10 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41);\n(b) at least one is a registered medical practitioner who is a psychiatrist;\n(c) at least one is a chartered psychologist;\n(d) at least one is a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have knowledge and experience of the supervision or aftercare of discharged prisoners;\n(e) at least one is a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have knowledge and experience of working with victims of crime; and\n(f) at least one is a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have made a study of the causes of delinquency or the treatment of offenders.\n(3) In sub-paragraph (2)—\n“chartered psychologist” means a person for the time being listed in the British Psychological Society’s Register of Chartered Psychologists;\n“registered medical practitioner” means a fully registered person within the meaning of the Medical Act 1983 (c. 54).\n(4) The Secretary of State shall appoint a Chief Commissioner from among the Commissioners.\n(5) The Secretary of State may appoint a deputy Chief Commissioner from among the Commissioners.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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