Paragraph 6
Northern Ireland
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.
Where a prisoner and any representative appointed by him are excluded from proceedings by virtue of sub-paragraph (1), theF1 Attorney General may appoint a person to represent the prisoner's interests in those proceedings.
A person appointed under sub-paragraph (2) shall not be responsible to the prisoner whose interests he represents.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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prosp. subst. by 2002 c. 26
Notes on Schedule 2
Textual amendments
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Sch. 2 repealed (15.5.2008) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(4), 102(2), Sch. 6 Pt. 1; S.R. 2008/217, art. 2, Sch. paras. 17, 19(b) (subject to art. 3)