{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-rules-2019/article-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-rules-2019/article-28.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1038",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Board Rules 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-rules-2019",
  "path": "article/28",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Reconsideration of decisions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a decision has been made under rule 19(1)(a) or (b), 19(1A), 21(7), 21(7A), 25(1), 25(1A), 31(6) or 31(6A), a party may apply to the Board for the case to be reconsidered on the grounds that the decision—\n(a) contains an error of law;\n(b) is irrational; or\n(c) is procedurally unfair.\n(2) Decisions are eligible for reconsideration only where the prisoner is serving—\n(a) an indeterminate sentence;\n(b) an extended sentence;\n(c) a determinate sentence subject to initial release by the Board under Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act;\n(d) a serious terrorism sentence.\n(3) An application for a provisional decision to be reconsidered under paragraph (1) must be made and served on the other party no later than 21 days after the decision under rules 19(8), 21(12), 25(6) or 31(7) is sent to the parties.\n(4) Where a party makes an application under paragraph (3), the other party may make representations, and those representations must be provided to the Board and the party who made the application within 7 days of service of the application.\n(5) Where an application made under paragraph (3) is received by the Board, the application must be considered on the papers by an assessment panel.\n(6) After assessing the application under paragraph (5), the assessment panel must—\n(a) direct that the provisional decision should be reconsidered, or\n(b) dismiss the application.\n(7) The assessment panel may direct that the provisional decision should be reconsidered under paragraph (6)(a) only if it has identified a ground for reconsideration under paragraph (1).\n(8) Where the assessment panel dismiss the application under paragraph (6)(b), the provisional decision becomes final.\n(9) Where the assessment panel directs that the provisional decision should be reconsidered under paragraph (6)(a), the assessment panel must direct that the case should be—\n(a) reconsidered on the papers by the previous panel or a new panel appointed under rule 5(1), or\n(b) reconsidered at an oral hearing by the previous panel or a new panel appointed under rule 5(2).\n(10) The decision of the assessment panel must include the reasons for that decision or advice.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 28(1) substituted (1.11.2024) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1011), rules 1(3), 2(13)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 28(1) substituted (21.7.2022) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/717), rules 1(2), 2(19)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 28(2)(d) inserted (21.7.2022) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/717), rules 1(2), 2(19)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 28(3) substituted (21.7.2022) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/717), rules 1(2), 2(19)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 28(3) substituted (21.9.2022) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/717), rules 1(2), 2(19)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in rule 28(3) substituted (1.11.2024) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1011), rules 1(3), 2(13)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in rule 28(10) substituted (21.7.2022) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/717), rules 1(2), 2(19)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 28 in force at 22.7.2019, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1038/article/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:39:31.947290+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."
}