The Parole Commissioners’ Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1

    1. 1.Title and Commencement

    2. 2.Application and Interpretation

  3. PART 2

    1. 3.General powers of the Commissioners

    2. 4.The deputy Chief Commissioner

    3. 5.Deemed delegation to deputy Chief Commissioner

  4. PART 3

    1. 6.Listing and provisional timetable

    2. 7.Representation

    3. 8.Information and reports by the Secretary of State

    4. 9.Non-disclosure of confidential information

    5. 10.Evidence of the prisoner

    6. 11.Further evidence and information

    7. 12.Appointment of single Commissioner and panels of Commissioners

    8. 13.Consideration by single Commissioner

    9. 14.Directions of single Commissioner

    10. 15.Adjournment

    11. 16.Provisional direction of single Commissioner that the prisoner be released or single Commissioner directs that the case should be considered by a panel

    12. 17.Provisional direction of single Commissioner that the prisoner not be released

    13. 18.Directions of chairman of the panel

    14. 19.Special advocates

    15. 20.Notice of oral hearing

    16. 21.Witnesses

    17. 22.Location and privacy of oral hearings

    18. 23.Oral hearing procedure

    19. 24.The decision of the panel

  5. PART 4

    1. 25.Recalled life, indeterminate and extended custodial prisoners

  6. PART 5

    1. 26.Short custodial terms

  7. PART 6

    1. 27.Time

    2. 28.Transmission of documents

    3. 29.Irregularities

    4. 30.Clerical mistakes and slips

  8. PART 7

    1. 31.Transitional Provision

    2. 32.Revocation and saving

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Information and reports for submission by the Secretary of State on a reference to the Commissioners under Article 6 of the 2001 Order or Article 18 of the 2008 Order

      1. PART A Information Relating to the Prisoner

      2. PART B Reports Relating to the Prisoner

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Information and reports for submission by the Secretary of State on a reference to the Commissioners under Article 9(4) of the 2001 Order or an indeterminate custodial prisoner’s or extended custodial prisoner’s case under Article 28(4) of the 2008 Order

      1. PART A Information Relating to the Prisoner

      2. PART B Reports Relating to the Prisoner

  11. Explanatory Note