# The Parole Board Rules 2019, Article 29: Error of Procedure

Extent: E+W

Where there has been an error of procedure by either party or by the Board, including a failure to comply with a rule—
(a) the error does not invalidate any step taken in the proceedings unless the member appointed by the Board for this purpose, being either a panel chair or duty member, directs otherwise, either on the application of a party or in the course of conducting the proceedings, and
(b) the panel chair or duty member may make a direction or take any other step that it considers appropriate , but such directions or steps must not include the reconsideration of provisional decisions or the setting aside of final decisions, procedures for which are governed by rules 28 and 28A.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1038/article/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-rules-2019/article-29
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