The Parole Board Membership
Schedule 2 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 as amended provides that the Board shall consist of a Chairman and not less that 4 other members appointed by the Scottish Ministers. The appointment lasts for no more than 6 years. The Board must include among its members:

• a Lord Commissioner of Justiciary;
• a registered medical practitioner who is a psychiatrist;
• a person appearing to Scottish Ministers to have knowledge and experience of the supervision and aftercare of discharged prisoners; and
• a person appearing to Scottish Ministers to have made a study of the causes of delinquency and the treatment of offenders.

At present the Board comprises a Chairman and 20 members. In terms of section 14(2) of the 2001 Rules, the powers of the Board may be exercised by any three members.