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(a) where the case referred to the Board is one of release under section 60 or 61 of this Act, any written representations made by the person to whom the case relates in connection with or since his last interview in accordance with rules under the next following subsection;

(b) where the case so referred relates to a person recalled under section 62 of this Act, any written representations made under that section.

(6) The Secretary of State may by rules make provision -

(a) for the establishment and constitution of local review committees having the duty of revising at such times or in such circumstances as may be prescribed by or determined under the rules the cases of persons who are or will become eligible for release under section 60 or 61 of this Act and reporting to the Secretary of State on their suitability for release on licence; and

(b) for the interview of such persons by a member of any such committee (not being a prison officer); and rules under this subsection may make different provision for different cases.

22.

Further provisions as to the constitution of the Parole Board are contained in Schedule 2 to the 1967 Act. They are as follows:-

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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 persons; 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.

The Particular Facts of the Case

The applicant, Mr Robert Malcolm Weeks, born in 1949, is a

citizen of the United Kingdom who was, at the time of his application

to the Commission, detained in HM Prison Lewes.

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