SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2The Parole Board
Membership
1
The Parole Board shall consist of a chairman and not less than four other members appointed by the Secretary of State.
2
The 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.
3
A 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
4
There 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.
5
The 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
6
The 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.