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Representation
5. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a party may be represented by any person who he has authorised for that purpose.
(2) The following are ineligible to act as a representative -
- (a) any person liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983,
- (b) any person serving a sentence of imprisonment,
- (c) any person who is on licence having been released under Part III of the Criminal Justice Act 1967, under Part II of the 1991 Act, under Chapter 6 of Part 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 or under Part II of the 1997 Act, or
- (d) any person with a previous conviction for an imprisonable offence which remains unspent under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
(3) Within 5 weeks of the case being listed, a party shall notify the Board and the other party of the name, address and occupation of any person authorised in accordance with paragraph (1).
(4) Where a prisoner does not authorise a person to act as his representative, the Board may, with his agreement, appoint someone to act on his behalf.