# Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, Paragraph 13

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) An advisory body shall consist of three persons of whom—
(a) one shall be a person who is of counsel to Her Majesty and is appointed by the Lord Chancellor to be the chairman of the advisory body; and
(b) another shall be a person appointed by the Secretary of State, being a member of the respondent’s profession who is an officer of a department of the Government of the United Kingdom; and
(c) the other shall be a person appointed by the Secretary of State from among the members of the respondent’s profession nominated as mentioned in paragraph 1 above.
(1A) The chairman of an advisory body shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of 75.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect in relation to an advisory body in Scotland as if for the reference to the Lord Chancellor there were substituted a reference to the Lord President of the Court of Session.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/schedule/3/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971/schedule-3/paragraph-13
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