S.L. 516.2 Art. 4Board proceedings.

(1) In carrying out its functions, the Board shall not be under the authority of any other body.

(2) In conducting its functions, the Board shall regulate its own proceedings:

Provided that the Board shall meet at least once a month, and at shorter intervals when and if so deemed necessary to evaluate pending applications and reports of breach of the parole licence.

(3) In order to commence and continue proceedings in a Board meeting, the number of Board members present shall be at least fifty per cent plus one of the total number of Board members.

(4) When an application is forwarded to the Board by the Parole Clerk, the following procedure is to apply:

(a) it shall be the discretion of the Chairman to decide on the number of cases to be inserted in the agenda of the meeting to decide on applications;

(b) the Liaison Officer, the Parole Unit, the Offender Assessment Board and the Police shall be notified of the date when the application would be heard before the Board and they shall be obliged to forward to the Board any information deemed relevant to the application.