155Application to Supreme Court by offender

#### 155 Application to Supreme Court by offender 155 Application to Supreme Court by offender > > (1) If— > > > > > (a) the Parole Authority decides that an offender should not be released on parole, and > > > > > (b) the offender alleges that the decision of the Parole Authority has been made on the basis of false, misleading or irrelevant information, > > > > the offender may, in accordance with rules of court, apply to the Supreme Court for a direction to be given to the Parole Authority as to whether the information was false, misleading or irrelevant. > > > (2) The Supreme Court may give such directions with respect to the information as it thinks fit. > > > (3) An application under this section is to be considered by the Supreme Court if and only if it is satisfied that the application is not an abuse of process and that there appears to be sufficient evidence to support the application. > > > (4) This section does not give the Supreme Court jurisdiction to consider the merits of the Parole Authority’s decision otherwise than on the grounds referred to in subsection (1). > > **s 155:** Am 2004 No 94, Sch 1 \[36\]; 2008 No 17, Sch 1 \[11\].