# The Parole Commissioners’ Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009, Article 16: Provisional direction of single Commissioner that the prisoner be released or single Commissioner directs that the case should be considered by a panel

Extent: N.I.

(1) In any case where:
(a) the single Commissioner has made a provisional direction under rule 13(2)(a) that the prisoner be released; or
(b) case should be considered by a panel;
the prisoner’s case shall be considered by a panel appointed under rule 12(2).
(2) Where a panel is required to consider a prisoner’s case under paragraph (1) the panel shall hold an oral hearing unless both parties and the panel agree otherwise.
(3) The panel shall either:
(a) direct that the prisoner not be released; or
(b) direct that the prisoner be released.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/82/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-16
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