{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-amendment-rules-2009/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-amendment-rules-2009/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/408",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-amendment-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to the 2004 Rules",
  "text": "In rule 3 (appointment of panels)—\n(a) omit paragraph (2);\n(b) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) omit “Subject to paragraph (6) below,”;\n(ii) for “three” substitute “one or more”; and\n(iii) after “with a hearing.” insert “In respect of a hearing in the case of a prisoner serving an automatic life sentence, a mandatory life sentence, a discretionary life sentence, or a sentence during Her Majesty’s pleasure, the oral panel shall consist of or include a sitting or retired judge.”;\n(c) in paragraph (4) omit “, (2)”;\n(d) in paragraph (5)—\n(i) omit “Subject to paragraph (6) below,”; and\n(ii) after “of that panel.” insert “In relation to any panels comprising two or more members formed under paragraph (3) above that include a sitting or retired judge, that person shall act as chair of the panel.”; and\n(e) omit paragraph (6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/408/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:17:08.341431+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}