Amendment of the Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 200118

In the Schedule, for paragraph 5 substitute—

5

1

In a Part IV case—

a

a copy of the judgement of the High Court appeal by the prisoner against his current sentence or the conviction on which that sentence was imposed;

b

a copy of any decision recorded by the Board under rule 28 in connection with any previous referral to the Board;

c

a copy of any reports contained in a previous dossier which are referred to in any report provided to the Board under paragraph 7 of this Schedule;

d

a copy of any other information contained in a previous dossier that the Board may require; and

e

a copy of any written notice by the prisoner that the prisoner does not wish their case to be considered by the Board.

2

In this paragraph—

  • “previous dossier” means any dossier sent to the Board under rule 5 of these Rules, rule 5 of the 1993 Rules, or rule 5 of the 1995 Rules in connection with a previous referral;

  • “previous referral” means any referral of the prisoner’s case to the Board which occurred on or after 4th August 1995.