Application
17.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this Part of these Rules applies to the case of any prisoner which is referred to the Board by the Scottish Ministers under section 28(4) of the 1989 Act or sections 2(5)(a), (5B), (5C) or (6), 3A(2), or 17(3) of the 1993 Act or under paragraphs 34, 38 or 42 of the Schedule to the 2001 Act.
(2) The time appointed by or under these Rules for the doing of any act may, in the case of a prisoner which is referred by the Scottish Ministers under section 28(4) of the 1989 Act, section 17(3) of the 1993 Act or under paragraph 34, 38 or 42 of the Schedule to the 2001 Act, be varied as the chairman of the tribunal shall in each case determine, taking account of both the desirability of the tribunal reaching an early decision in that case and the need to ensure fairness to the parties.