13(1)An advisory body shall consist of three persons of whom—U.K.
(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.
[F1(1A)The chairman of an advisory body shall vacate his office on the day on which he attains the age of [F275].]
(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.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3 Pt. II para. 13(1A) inserted (31.3.1995) by 1993 c. 8, s. 26, Sch. 6 para. 42(3) (with Sch. 7 paras. 2(2), 3(2), 4); S.I. 1995/631, art.2
F2Word in Sch. 3 para. 13(1A) substituted (10.3.2022) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), s. 131(1)(4)(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 43)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 3 para. 13: transfer of functions (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 17 para. 3 (with arts. 28-31)
C2Sch. 3 para. 13(1)(b): Functions transferred (S.) (1.7.1999) by virtue of S.I. 1999/1750, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 7)