The Parole Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 1992
Section 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act ”) provides that after a long-term prisoner has served one-half of his sentence, the Secretary of State may, if recommended to do so by the Parole Board, release him on licence. Section 37(5) of the 1991 Act provides, inter alia , that the Secretary of State shall not include on release, or subsequently insert, a condition in the licence of a long-term prisoner, or vary or cancel any such condition, except after consultation with the Board. In relation to a long-term prisoner, section 39(1) of the 1991 Act provides that the Secretary of State may, if recommended to do so by the Board, revoke his licence and recall him to prison, and section 39(2) allows the Secretary of State to revoke his licence in the public interest without such a recommendation.