Article 3 Application

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) and except where otherwise expressly provided, this Part of these Rules shall apply to every case.

(2)

In the application of this Part of the Rules to a case where the Board is to consider, or is considering, whether to recommend the revocation of a person’s licence and his recall to prison under section 17(1) of the Act–

(a)

Rules 4 and 7 shall not apply;

(b)

in Rule 5(1), the Secretary of State shall not be required–

(i)

to include in the dossier which he sends to the Board all the information and documents specified in the Schedule to these Rules but only such as may be available to him at the time when he sends the dossier to the Board; or

(ii)

to send the dossier to the person concerned; and

(c)

for the purposes of Rule 8(e), the Board may take into account in dealing with the case of that person, any information or documents contained in that dossier even although the person concerned has not received a copy of, or been given any opportunity to make written representations upon the dossier.