Section 38

Part 1 General; England and Wales

Ministers of the Crown and government departments

A Minister of the Crown.

A government department other than an intelligence service.

Local government

A local authority (other than a local authority that is a member of the panel in question).

A person carrying out a function of a local authority by virtue of a direction made under section 15 of the Local Government Act 1999.

Criminal justice

The governor of a prison in England and Wales (or, in the case of a contracted out prison, its director).

The governor of a young offender institution or secure training centre (or, in the case of a contracted out young offender institution or secure training centre, its director).

The principal of a secure college.

A youth offending team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

A provider of probation services within the meaning given by section 3(6) of the Offender Management Act 2007.

Education, child care etc

A sixth form college corporation within the meaning given by section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.

The governing body of an institution within the further education sector within the meaning given by section 91(3) of that Act.

A person who is authorised by virtue of an order made under section 70 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 to exercise a function specified in Schedule 36A to the Education Act 1996.