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Section 18.
1 The Parole Board shall include among its members—
(a) a person who holds or has held judicial office;
(b) a registered medical practitioner who is a psychiatrist;
(c) a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have knowledge and experience of the supervision or after-care of discharged prisoners; and
(d) a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have made a study of the causes of delinquency or the treatment of offenders.
2 A person appointed to be a member of the Parole Board shall hold and vacate office under the terms of the instrument by which he is appointed, but may at any time resign his office; and a person who ceases to hold office as a member of the Parole Board shall be eligible for reappointment.
3 There shall be paid to the members of the Board such remuneration and allowances as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury determine.
4 The expenses of the Board under the last foregoing paragraph and any other expenses incurred by the Board in discharging its functions under section 18 of this Act shall be defrayed by the Secretary of State out of moneys provided by Parliament.
5 The Board shall as soon as practicable after the end of each year make to the Secretary of State a report on the performance of its functions during that year, and the Secretary of State shall lay a copy of each report so made before Parliament.
6 The Secretary of State may out of moneys provided by Parliament pay to members of local review committees, and to persons assisting in or concerned with the carrying out of the functions of any such committee, travelling or other allowances in accordance with such scales as may be determined by him with the consent of the Treasury, and may out of such moneys defray any other expenses of such committees to such amount as may be so determined.
Section 45(1).
1 In section 57(3) of the [1937 c. 37.] Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, for the word “206” there shall be substituted the words “205 or 206”, and after the word “1975” there shall be inserted the words “or section 25 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
2 In section 87(1) and (3) of that Act, after the words “Act 1975” there shall be inserted the words “and of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
3 In section 71AA(6B) of the [1955 c. 18.] Army Act 1955 and in paragraph 10(6B) of Schedule 5A to that Act, for the words “Section 12 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Section 32 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
4 In section 71AA(6B) of the [1955 c. 19.] Air Force Act 1955 and in paragraph 10(6B) of Schedule 5A to that Act, for the words “Section 12 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Section 32 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
5 In section 43AA(6B) of the [1957 c. 53.] Naval Discipline Act 1957 and in paragraph 10(6B) of Schedule 4A to that Act, for the words “Section 12 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963” there shall be substituted the words “Section 32 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
6 In section 88 of that Act, in subsection (3)(c), for the words from “thirty-five” to “1952” there shall be substituted the words “39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”, and, in subsection (4), for the words “37 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952” there shall be substituted the words “40 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
7 In section 30(1)(b) of the [1961 c. 39.] Criminal Justice Act 1961, for the words “37 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952” there shall be substituted the words “40 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
8 In Schedule 1 to the [1963 c. 39.] Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963, in paragraph 13, for the words “paragraph 2 of this Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “section 30(3) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
9 In section 69(2) of the [1967 c. 80.] Criminal Justice Act 1967, for the words “37 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952” there shall be substituted the words “40 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
10 In section 52 of the [1968 c. 20.] Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968, for paragraph (e) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(e) section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989; or”.
11 In section 205A(1) of the [1975 c. 21.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, for the words “61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967” there shall be substituted the words “26 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
12 For section 206(1) of that Act, there shall be substituted the following section—
Subject to section 205 of this Act, where a child is convicted and the court is of the opinion that no other method of dealing with him is appropriate, it may sentence him to be detained for a period which it shall specify in the sentence; and the child shall during that period be liable to be detained in such place and on such conditions as the Secretary of State may direct.”
13 In sections 207(11) and 415(11) of that Act, for the words from the beginning to “shall apply” there shall be substituted the words “Section 18 (functions of Parole Board), section 24 (remission for good conduct) and sections 22, 26, 28 and 29 (release on licence) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 shall apply”.
14 In sections 212 and 421 of that Act, in subsection (1), after the word “1967” there shall be inserted the words “or section 22(1) or section 26 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”, and, in subsection (2), for the words “12 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963” there shall be substituted the words “32 of the said Act of 1989”.
15 In sections 214 and 423 of that Act—
(a) in subsection (1), for the words from “Schedule” to “1963” there shall be substituted the words “section 30 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”;
(b) in subsection (2)(b), for the words from “paragraph” to “1963” there shall be substituted the words “section 30(4) of the said Act of 1989”;
(c) in subsection (6), for the words from “Schedule” to “1963” there shall be substituted the words “section 30 of the said Act of 1989”;
(d) in subsection (7), for the words “the said Schedule” (where those words first occur) there shall be substituted the words “section 30 of the said Act of 1989”, and, in paragraph (a) thereof, for the words “paragraph 1 of the said Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “subsection (4) of the said section 30”; and
(e) in subsection (8), for the words “paragraph 3 of the said Schedule” there shall be substituted the words “subsection (5) of section 30 of the said Act of 1989”, and for the words from “section 14” to “1963” there shall be substituted the words “the said section 30”.
16 In section 462(1) of that Act, for the words “Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952”, wherever these words occur, there shall be substituted the words “Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
17 In Schedule 1 to the [1980 c. 55.] Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980, in paragraph (v) of Group B of Part I, for the words “59(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967” there shall be substituted the words “18(5) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
18 In section 15(6) of the [1981 c. 49.] Contempt of Court Act 1981, for the words “60 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967” there shall be substituted the words “22 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
19 In section 74(8) of the [1984 c. 36.] Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984, for the words “37 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952” there shall be substituted the words “40 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989”.
Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989