Valid from 04/04/2005
1(1)The Lord Chancellor must, after consulting the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland, make appointments to a list of persons eligible to sit as members of Gender Recognition Panels.
(2)The only persons who may be appointed to the list are persons who—
(a)have a relevant legal qualification (“legal members”), or
(b)are registered medical practitioners or chartered psychologists (“medical members”).
(3)The following have a relevant legal qualification—
(a)a person who has a 7 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41),
(b)an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least seven years' standing, and
(c)a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing.