The Act: Overview Parole Board for Scotland Section 41: Chairperson’s functions
153.Legislation gives the chairperson of the Parole Board for Scotland certain powers and duties. Circumstances may arise in which the chairperson is temporarily unable to fulfil the functions of the office (due to illness, for example) or the office of chairperson may become temporarily vacant (for example in the event of the office holder’s death).
154.Section 41 enables, and indeed creates a requirement for, the chairperson to produce a scheme setting out which other member, or members, of the Parole Board can exercise the chairperson’s functions in the event that the chairperson cannot or there is no chairperson. Section 41 also allows the chairperson to delegate functions of the office to other members of the Parole Board at times when the chairperson is available to exercise them.