# The Parole Commissioners’ Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009, Article 17: Provisional direction of single Commissioner that the prisoner not be released

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where the single Commissioner has made a provisional direction under rule 13(2)(b) that the prisoner not be released, and the prisoner has served such notice as is required under rule 13(5) a panel formed under rule 12(2) shall consider the prisoner’s case.
(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/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-17
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