Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024
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Appeals officers | ||
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34. (1) The Minister may appoint a panel of suitable persons to be appeals officers for the purpose of reviewing applications in accordance with section 33 . | ||
(2) An appeals officer shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister may determine, which may include, but are not limited to, the period for which they may be appointed, the payment of fees and expenses (with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform), resignation and removal for stated reasons. | ||
(3) A person shall be a practising barrister or practising solicitor of not less than 5 years’ standing to be appointed as an appeals officer. | ||
(4) Subject to section 33 (3) and without prejudice to the role of a coordinating appeals officer, an appeals officer shall be independent in the performance of his or her functions. | ||
(5) The Minister may appoint an appeals officer to be a coordinating appeals officer. | ||
(6) The duties of a coordinating appeals officer shall include liaising with the operational committee in relation to the assignment from the operational committee to an appeals officer of applications for review under section 33 . | ||
(7) In this section, “practising barrister” and “practising solicitor” have the same meanings as they have in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 . |