Prospective
15Prisoner's right to request early reconsideration by Parole BoardS
(1)Subsection (2) applies where the Parole Board has fixed a date under section 14(4) or (7) for considering a prisoner's case.
(2)On the prisoner's request, the Board may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, substitute for that date an earlier date when it will next consider the prisoner's case by fixing that earlier date under section 14(4) or, as the case may be, (7).
(3)Subsection (4) applies where the Parole Board does not fix a date under section 14(4).
(4)On the prisoner's request, the Board may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, fix a date under section 14(4) when it will next consider the prisoner's case.
(5)This section is subject to section 26.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 power to modify conferred (24.9.2012) by Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 7), ss. 2(2), 5(2); S.S.I. 2012/249, art. 2