{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-rules-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-1/part-B",
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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": "schedule/1/part/B",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "Reports Relating to the Prisoner",
  "text": "1. Any pre-trial and pre-sentence reports examined by the sentencing court and any police report on the circumstances of the offence(s).\n2. Any report on the prisoner while he was subject to a transfer direction under Article 53 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.\n3. Any current reports on the prisoner’s performance and behaviour in prison, where relevant, (reports previously examined by the Commissioners need only be summarised), including any:\nprison reports;\nrecord of offences against discipline;\nreports on any temporary release;\ndetails of, and reports on compliance with, any sentence management plan;\nreports on the prisoner’s health including mental health;\npsychology reports;\nassessment of the likelihood of re-offending and the risk of the prisoner being a danger to the public if released immediately; or\nassessment of suitability for release on licence and licence conditions.\n4. An up-to-date report prepared for the Commissioners by a probation officer, including any reports on the following:\ndetails of the prisoner’s home address, family circumstances, and family attitudes towards the prisoner;\nalternative options if the prisoner cannot return home;\nthe opportunity for employment on release;\nthe local community’s attitude towards the prisoner (if known);\nthe attitudes and concerns of the victim(s) of the offence(s) (if known);\nthe prisoner’s view of the index offence;\nthe prisoner’s response to previous periods of supervision;\nthe prisoner’s behaviour during any temporary release from prison during the current sentence;\nthe prisoner’s attitude to the prospect of release, and requirements and objectives of supervision;\nan assessment of the likelihood of re-offending and the risk of serious harm;\na programme of supervision;\na view on suitability for release; and\nrecommendations regarding any special licence conditions.\n5. Any interview report prepared at the direction of the Chief Commissioner under rule 3(4).\n6. Any other information which the Secretary of State considers relevant to the case and wishes to draw to the attention of the Commissioners.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. B in operation at 1.4.2009, see rule 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4), as amended by S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9) and prospectively amended by 2002 c.26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/82/schedule/1/part/B",
    "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."
}