SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Gender Recognition Panels
List of persons eligible to sit
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F1Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), 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.
F21A
The Lord Chancellor may appoint a person under sub-paragraph (1) only with the concurrence of all of the following—
a
the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;
b
the Lord President of the Court of Session;
c
the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
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 F3registered psychologists (“medical members”).
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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 F4solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing.