Part 3Other New Institutions
Law Commission
50 Law Commission
1
There is to be a body corporate known as the Northern Ireland Law Commission.
2
The Commission is to consist of—
a
a chairman, and
b
four other Commissioners,
appointed by the F1Department of Justice.
3
The chairman is to be a person who holds the office of judge of the High Court.
4
Of the other Commissioners—
a
one is to be a person appearing to the F2Department of Justice to be suitably qualified to be a Commissioner by experience as a barrister,
b
one is to be a person appearing to the F3Department of Justice to be suitably qualified to be a Commissioner by experience as a solicitor,
c
one is to be a person appearing to the F4Department of Justice to be suitably qualified to be a Commissioner by experience as a teacher of law in a university, and
d
the other is to be a person who does not hold (and has never held) judicial office and is not (and has never been) a barrister, solicitor or teacher of law in a university.
5
Before appointing a person to be a Commissioner the F5Department of Justice must consult—
F6a
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b
the First Minister and deputy First Minister, and
c
the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.
6
In appointing persons to be Commissioners, the F7Department of Justice must so far as possible secure that the Commissioners (taken together) are representative of the community in Northern Ireland.
7
Schedule 9 makes further provision about the Commission.