Regulation 10

A Board may, for the purpose of making a recommendation on whether a prisoner should be released on licence under section 50ZG(2) or (4) of the Act, interview any person (including the prisoner) to obtain any further information that the Board considers necessary for it to make its recommendation.

The power to interview any person under paragraph (1) may only be exercised after the Board has received the documents mentioned in regulation 8(1) and any representations made under regulation 9(1), or, where no representations are received, after the period of time mentioned in regulation 9(2) has lapsed.

A person in respect of whom the Board conducts an interview under paragraph (1) must not be represented by an advocate and solicitor or any other person during the interview.

The Board may conduct the interview mentioned in paragraph (1) in person or through any electronic means of communication (including a live video link, a live television link and a live audio link), as the Board thinks fit.