Prospective

Amendment of the Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 2001 S

12.  In rule 15H—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit from “provided that”, to the end;

(b) in paragraph (2)(b), after “hearing”, insert “, or as the case may be, the chairman of the Board if, after the case has been dealt with, the chairman of the hearing is unavailable for whatever reason”;

(c) in paragraph (2)(c), for “14 days” substitute “10 working days”;

(d) after paragraph (2), insert —

“(3) Where the Board is constituted by 2 members and the 2 members cannot reach a unanimous decision, the chairman of the Board must appoint 3 other members in place of those 2 members in terms of rule 14(6) for the purpose of hearing that case under  rule 15A.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Rule 12 in force at 26.6.2012, see rule 1(1)