597Meetings of the Youth Parole Board

597 Meetings of the Youth Parole Board

(1) The Youth Parole Board must meet at the prescribed times and prescribed places or, if no times or places are prescribed, at the times and places that are determined by the chairperson.

(2) The chairperson must preside at every meeting of the Youth Parole Board, other than a meeting of a division of the Board.

(3) A member of the Youth Parole Board who is a woman must be present at any meeting of the Board (including a meeting of a division of the Board) at which consideration is being given to—

(a) the release on parole or cancellation of parole of a female child or young person; or

(b) the transfer of a female child or young person from a youth justice custodial centre to a prison.

(4) Subject to section 595(5), the following questions which may arise before the Youth Parole Board are to be decided by the person presiding at the meeting alone—

(a) whether a question is a question of fact or of law;

(b) any question determined to be a question of law.

(5) A question (other than a question referred to in subsection (4)) arising at a meeting of the Youth Parole Board (including a meeting of a division of the Board*)* must be determined by a majority of votes and, if the votes are equal, the person presiding has a casting vote.

(6) Subject to this Act and the regulations, the Youth Parole Board may regulate its own procedure.