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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-scotland-rules-1993/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2225",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-scotland-rules-1993",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Secretary of State’s dossier",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and Rule 6, not later than 2 weeks after the date of the reference of the case to the Board, the Secretary of State shall send to the Board and to the person concerned a dossier containing any information in writing or documents which he considers to be relevant to the case, including the information and documents specified in the Schedule to these Rules.\n(2) In relation to a Part IV case–\n(a) which is referred to the Board before 1st April 1994; and\n(b) where the person concerned is a prisoner who is treated as a discretionary life prisoner under or by virtue of paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Act,\nparagraph (1) shall apply as if there were substituted for the reference to 2 weeks a reference to 12 weeks.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2225/article/5",
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  "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."
}