{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-scotland-rules-2022/rule-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-scotland-rules-2022/rule-12.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2022/385",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Board (Scotland) Rules 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-board-scotland-rules-2022",
  "path": "rule/12",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Additional matter to be taken into account in certain cases",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to a case where—\n(a) the person concerned is serving a sentence imposed following a conviction for murder or culpable homicide imposed by a court in Scotland, or for an equivalent offence imposed by a court elsewhere in the United Kingdom, and\n(b) the victim’s remains have not been recovered.\n(2) Where this rule applies the panel must, when making any decision as to the release of the person concerned (other than a decision as to release under section 3A(4) or 17(4) of the 1993 Act) take into account whether—\n(a) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person concerned has information about how or where the victim’s remains were disposed of, and\n(b) the person concerned has not disclosed that information.\n(3) In this rule, “victim” means any victim of the offence for which the sentence mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) was imposed.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 12 substituted (25.3.2026) by The Parole Board (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2026 (S.S.I. 2026/82), rules 1(1), 2(3) (with rule 1(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/385/rule/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:47:14.680073+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."
}