{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-rules-2019/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-rules-2019/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1038",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Board Rules 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-rules-2019",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Delegation and appointment of functions",
  "text": "(1) The Board chair may delegate any of the Board chair’s functions as set out in these Rules to any other member of the Board.\n(2) The Board chair may appoint a member of the Board to carry out any function as required by the Rules.\n(3) The Board chair may delegate the following functions to the Board’s members of staff—\n(a) the appointment of panels under rule 5;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) ... a direction that the case should proceed directly to an oral hearing under rule 19(1)(c).\n(d) the variation or revocation of any direction made under rule 6;\n(e) the making of directions specified in rule 6(3), subject to rule 6(4);\n(f) the adjournment or deferral of proceedings under rule 6(11);\n(g) the alteration of a time limit under rule 9;\n(h) the production of a summary under rule 27(1);\n(i) the making of directions under rule 6 so far as relating to whether to permit a third party observer to read out a Victim Personal Statement on behalf of a victim;\n(j) the making of directions whether to hold case management conferences under rule 7 for the purposes of exercising the functions delegated under this rule;\n(k) the determination of an application made under rule 14(1) (for a party to be accompanied by an observer to an oral hearing) or rule 14(4B) (for admittance to an oral hearing as an observer).\n(4) Where a staff member exercises a delegated function, either party may apply for an automatic re-exercise of that function by the panel chair or duty member within 14 days of the decision.\n(5) An application under paragraph (4) may not be made in respect of functions delegated under sub-paragraph (3)(a) or (h).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 4(3)(b) omitted (1.11.2024) by virtue of The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1011), rules 1(3), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 4(3)(c) inserted (21.7.2022) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/717), rules 1(2), 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 4(3)(c) omitted (1.11.2024) by virtue of The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1011), rules 1(3), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 4(3)(d)-(h)(4)(5) inserted (1.11.2024) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/1011), rules 1(3), 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 4(3)(i)-(k) inserted (16.12.2025) by The Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2025 (S.I. 2025/1231), rules 1(2), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4 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/4",
    "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."
}