Rule 3 Application and interpretation of PartI1

Scotland

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), and except where otherwise expressly provided, this Part applies to every case referred by the Scottish Ministers to the Board.

(2)

In the application of this Part to a case where the Board is considering whether to recommend the revocation of the person concerned’s licence and recall of that person to prison under section 17(1) of the 1993 Act^f1—

(a)

rules 4 and 10 do not apply, and

(b)

in rule 5, the Scottish Ministers—

(i)

may send only the information and documents available to them at the time when the case is referred to the Board,

(ii)

are not required to send the dossier information to the person concerned.

(3)

In this Part, references to a “panel” in relation to anything done in respect of a case are to the casework panel or, as the case may be, oral hearing panel appointed under rule 7 to consider the case.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 3 in force at 1.4.2023, see rule 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: Section 17(1) and (1A) were substituted by section 36(4) of the 2003 Act.