The Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 2001

Made: 13th September 2001

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 14th September 2001

Coming into force: 8th October 2001

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PART I — INTRODUCTION

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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• (1) In these Rules, except where the context otherwise requires–

• “the 1989 Act” means the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989[^f00002];

• “the 1993 Act” means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993;

• “the 2001 Act” means the Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001[^f00003];

• “the 1993 Rules” means the Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 1993[^f00004];

• “the 1995 Rules” means the Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 1995[^f00005];

• “the Board” means the Parole Board for Scotland and includes, in relation to any case which is authorised by rule 14(2), 15(3) or 18(1) to be dealt with, in whole or in part, by a specified number of members of the Board, those members and any tribunal formed by those members under rule 18;

• “case” means any case relating to a person which the Board is to consider or is considering and, in any Part of these Rules, means a case to which that Part applies;

• “the chairman of the Board” means the chairman of the Board appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1993 Act but does not include the chairman of a tribunal;

• “the chairman of a tribunal” means the chairman of a tribunal appointed under rule 18(4);

• “damaging information” shall be construed in accordance with rule 6(1);

• “Part IV case” means a case to which Part IV of these Rules applies by virtue of rule 17;

• “parties”, in relation to a Part IV case, means the Scottish Ministers and the prisoner;

• “person concerned”, in relation to a case, means the person to whom the case relates;

• “prisoner” in relation to a Part IV case, means– a person sentenced by a court in Scotland to life imprisonment, or to detention without limit of time, or for life; a prisoner to whom section 10 or 10A of the 1993 Act, or Part 4 or 5 of the Schedule to the 2001 Act, applies; a prisoner subject to an extended sentence by virtue of section 210A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995[^f00006] who has been recalled to custody under section 17(1) of the 1993 Act; and

• “tribunal” means a tribunal formed under rule 18.

• (2) Any reference in these Rules to a numbered rule or to a numbered Schedule means, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to the rule or the Schedule bearing that number in these Rules and any reference in a rule to a numbered paragraph means, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to that paragraph bearing that number in that rule.

PART II — GENERAL

Application

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Reference

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Where a case of a person is referred to the Board by the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Ministers shall, at the same time as referring the case, give written notification of that reference to that person.

Scottish Ministers’ dossier

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Non disclosure of information

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Representations

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Matters to be taken into account by the Board

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Confidentiality

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Time

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Sending of documents etc.

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Irregularities

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PART III — PROVISIONS APPLYING TO NON TRIBUNAL CASES

Application

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Composition of Board

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Procedure

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Decision

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PART IV — PROVISIONS APPLYING TO TRIBUNAL CASES

Application

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Composition of tribunal

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General procedure

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Hearing

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Notice of hearing

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Representative

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Authorisation of persons to attend a hearing to give evidence or to produce documents

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Citation of persons to attend a hearing to give evidence or to produce documents

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Other persons accompanying a party

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Attendance at hearing

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Procedure at hearing

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Decision

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PART V — REVOCATION, TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISION

Revocation, saving and transitional provision

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SCHEDULE — INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS TO BE SENT BY THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS TO THE BOARD

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Signed

JAMES WALLACE — A member of the Scottish Executive — 13th September 2001

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1993 c. 9; section 20(4) was amended by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), Schedule 8, paragraph 106 and by the Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 7) (“the 2001 Act”), section 5(1)(c); section 20(4A) was inserted by the 2001 Act, section 5(1)(c); the functions conferred on the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

[^f00002]: 1989 c. 45.

[^f00003]: asp 7.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1993/2225, amended by S.I.s 1997/2317, 1998/1904 and 1999/1116.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1995/1273, amended by S.I. 1998/1904.

[^f00006]: 1995 c. 46.

[^f00007]: 1973 c. 65; section 210(5) was amended by virtue of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), sections 289(f) and 289(g) (as inserted by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), section 54).

[^f00008]: 1984 c. 36.

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Provided that, where the Board is constituted by an even number of members, the chairman of the Board or other presiding member shall have a second or casting vote.

Provided that any altered hearing date shall not (unless the parties agree) be before the date notified under paragraph (1).

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Provided that, where the tribunal is constituted by 2 members, the chairman of the tribunal shall have a second or casting vote.

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Editorial notes

[^key-8def35bf1ba46ffa6b2c99af6da4b896]: Rules revoked (1.4.2023) by The Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/385), rule 1(1), sch. 2 (with rules 1(2), 35) [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.S.I. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.S.I. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources']