Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These Rules may be cited as the Polygraph Rules 2009 and shall come into force on 8^th April 2009.

In these Rules—

• “comparison question” means a question asked for the purpose of establishing a baseline response, to which the relevant offender’s responses to the relevant questions will be compared;

• F1“polygraph operator” means any employee (either temporary or permanent) of a probation provider appointed to conduct polygraph examinations;

• “polygraph provider” means a person who has contracted with the Secretary of State to provide polygraph services;

• “polygraph supervisor” means a person appointed by the polygraph provider to review polygraph sessions;

• “post-test interview” means any interview conducted by the polygraph operator with the relevant offender during a polygraph session, following the completion of any polygraph examinations;

• “pre-test interview” means any interview conducted by the polygraph operator with the relevant offender during a polygraph session, prior to the start of any polygraph examinations;

• “probation provider” means a provider of probation services under section 3 of the Offender Management Act 2007 F2...;

• “relevant question” means a question asked for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the relevant offender’s licence conditions or improving the management of the relevant offender; and

• “relevant offender” means a person to whom section 28 of the Offender Management Act 2007 applies.