Article 4 Amendment of the principal Rules

For rule 5(2) there shall be substituted the following rule:–

“(2)

In relation to a Part IV case–

(a)

which is referred to the Board before 20th April 1998; and

(b)

where the person concerned is a prisoner who is treated as a designated life prisoner under or by virtue of section 16(2) to (4) of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997^f1,

paragraph (1) shall apply as if there were substituted for the reference to 2 weeks a reference to 12 weeks.”.