Section 45 Prisoner's right to request early reconsideration by Parole BoardC1

Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

s. 45(1)(za) (zb) inserted by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 Sch. 3 para. 7(2)
s. 45(2) words inserted by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 Sch. 3 para. 7(3)
s. 45(3) words inserted by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 Sch. 3 para. 7(4)
s. 45(4) words inserted by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 Sch. 3 para. 7(5)

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where the Parole Board fixes a date under—

(a)

section 43(4),

(b)

section 43(7), or

(c)

section 44(3),

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 43(4), 43(7) or, as the case may be, 44(3).

(3)

Subsection (4) applies where the Parole Board does not fix a date under section 43(4).

(4)

On the prisoner's request, the Board may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, fix a date under section 43(4) when it will next consider the prisoner's case.

Annotations

Modifications

C1: Pt. 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