Section 20(6).
SCHEDULE 2The Parole Board
Membership
1The Parole Board shall consist of a chairman and not less than four other members appointed by the Secretary of State.
2The Parole Board shall include among its members—
(a)a Lord Commissioner of Justiciary;
(b)a registered medical practitioner who is a psychiatrist;
(c)a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have knowledge and experience of the supervision or aftercare of discharged prisoners; and
(d)a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have made a study of the causes of delinquency or the treatment of offenders.
3A member of the Parole Board shall hold and vacate office under the terms of the instrument by which he is appointed, but may at any time resign his office; and a person who ceases to hold office as a member of the Parole Board shall be eligible for reappointment.
Remuneration and allowances
4There shall be paid to the members of the Board such remuneration and allowances as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.
5The expenses of the Board under paragraph 4 above and any other expenses incurred by the Board in discharging the functions mentioned in section 20(1) of this Act shall be defrayed by the Secretary of State.
Reports
6The Board shall as soon as practicable after the end of each year make to the Secretary of State a report on the performance of its functions during that year, and the Secretary of State shall lay a copy of the report before Parliament.