{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2022/rule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2022/rule-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2022/65",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Commissioners’ (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2022",
  "path": "rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Replacement of Rule 22A",
  "text": "Delete rule 22A and substitute the following rule—\n“Information about proceedings\n22A. (1) Where a registered victim or other person makes a request for a summary of the reasons for a provisional direction of a single Commissioner recorded under rule 13(2)(b) that has become final by virtue of rule 13(6), the Chief Commissioner must appoint a Commissioner to consider the request. The appointed Commissioner must then produce a summary of the reasons for that direction, unless the appointed Commissioner decides that there are exceptional circumstances why a summary should not be produced for disclosure.\n(2) The Chief Commissioner is not required to appoint a Commissioner to produce a summary under paragraph (1) where the request is made more than 6 months after the date when the direction under rule 13(2)(b) became final, unless the Chief Commissioner decides that there are exceptional reasons to do so.\n(3) In a summary produced under paragraph (1)—\n(a) the names of the parties to proceedings under Rule 13(2) may be disclosed;\n(b) the names of other persons concerned in the proceedings must not be disclosed;\n(c) other information about proceedings under these Rules must not be disclosed except insofar as the Commissioner appointed under paragraph (1) directs.\n(4) Where a registered victim or other person makes a request for a summary of the reasons for a decision recorded after oral proceedings under rule 24(2), the Chief Commissioner must appoint a Commissioner to consider the request. The appointed Commissioner must then produce a summary of the reasons for that decision, unless the appointed Commissioner decides that there are exceptional circumstances why a summary should not be produced for disclosure.\n(5) The Chief Commissioner is not required to appoint a Commissioner to produce a summary under paragraph (4) where the request is made more than 6 months after the date of the decision, unless the Chief Commissioner decides that there are exceptional reasons to do so.\n(6) In a summary produced under paragraph (4)—\n(a) the names of the parties to the oral proceedings under rule 24(2) may be disclosed;\n(b) the names of other persons concerned in the proceedings must not be disclosed;\n(c) other information about proceedings under these Rules must not be disclosed except insofar as the Commissioner appointed under paragraph (4) directs.\n(7) This Rule does not affect the operation of Rule 9 (Non-disclosure of confidential information).\n(8) For the purposes of this rule, “registered victim” means a person who is registered or entitled to receive information under any of —\n(a) the Prisoner Release Victims Information Scheme, 2003;\n(b) the Probation Board for Northern Ireland Victim Information Scheme, 2005;\n(c) the Victims of Mentally Disordered Offenders Information (Northern Ireland) Scheme, 2008.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2003 No. 293"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 2005 No. 432"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 2008 No. 457"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2022/65/rule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:35:37.384239+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."
}