# The Victims' Payments Regulations 2020, Paragraph 3: Members

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission must appoint—
(a) legal members of the Board;
(b) medical members of the Board, and
(c) ordinary members of the Board.
(2) A person may be appointed as a legal member of the Board only if that person is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or a solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least 5 years' standing.
(3) A person may be appointed as a medical member of the Board only if that person is a registered medical practitioner.
(4) A person may be appointed as an ordinary member of the Board only if it appears to the Department that the person has appropriate knowledge or experience.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/103/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-payments-regulations-2020/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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