{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/82",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Commissioners’ Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-rules-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application and Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rules 25, 26 and 31(1) these rules apply where a prisoner’s case is referred to the Commissioners by the Secretary of State under Articles 6 or 9(4) of the 2001 Order or Articles 18 , 20A or 28(4) of the 2008 Order.\n(2) In these rules—\n“the 2001 Order” means the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001;\n“the 2008 Order” means the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008;\n“the 2001 Rules” means the Life Sentence Review Commissioners’ Rules 2001\n“case papers” means those documents, materials and papers submitted by the parties under rules 8, 10 and 25(b);\n“chairman of the panel” means chairman of the panel nominated under rule 12(2);\n“Chief Commissioner” means the Chief Commissioner appointed under paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 4 to the 2008 Order;\n“Commissioners” means the Parole Commissioners, appointed under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 to the 2008 Order ;\n“deputy Chief Commissioner” means the deputy Chief Commissioner appointed under paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 4 to the 2008 Order;\n“extended custodial prisoner” means a person serving one or more sentences as defined under Article 14 of the 2008 Order;\n“hearing” includes consideration of a prisoner’s case by a single Commissioner;\n“indeterminate custodial prisoner” means a person serving one or more sentences as defined under Article 13(4) of the 2008 Order;\n“life prisoner” means a life prisoner as defined under Article 2 of the 2001 Order;\n“panel” means a panel of Commissioners constituted in accordance with rule 12(2);\n“parties” means the prisoner and the Secretary of State;\n“party” means either the prisoner or the Secretary of State;\n“prison” includes any place where the prisoner is detained, and in the case of rule 7(2) means any place where the person was detained;\n“prisoner” includes an “extended custodial prisoner”, an “indeterminate custodial prisoner”, and a “life prisoner”;\n“single Commissioner” shall be construed in accordance with rule 12(1);\n“special advocate” means a person appointed under paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 4 to the 2008 Order to represent the interests of the prisoner.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 2(1) inserted (30.4.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 76(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 2 in operation at 1.4.2009, see rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/2564 (N.I.2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 2001 No. 317"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/82/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:52.470235+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."
}