# Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001, Paragraph 6


(1) The rules may permit Commissioners to hold proceedings in specified circumstances in the absence of any person, including the prisoner concerned and any representative appointed by him.
(2) Where a prisoner and any representative appointed by him are excluded from proceedings by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), the Attorney General may appoint a person to represent the prisoner’s interests in those proceedings.
(3) A person appointed under sub-paragraph (2) shall not be responsible to the prisoner whose interests he represents.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2001/0110296141/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-life-sentences-northern-ireland-order-2001/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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