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Assistance at Hearings

20.1 (1) Where a review under the Act or these Regulations is conducted by way of a hearing, the Board shall permit the inmate to be assisted by a person of the inmate's choice. [SOR/86-917]
    (2) An inmate shall be responsible for securing the attendance at a hearing referred to in subsection (1) of the person referred to in that subsection.
    (3) The person referred to in subsection (1) shall be entitled
 (a)
to be present at the hearing at all times when the inmate he is assisting is present at the hearing;
 (b)
to advise the inmate in respect of any questions put to that inmate by the Board during the hearing; and
 (c)
at the conclusion of the hearing, to address, on behalf of the inmate, the members of the Board conducting the hearing. [SOR/86-917]
[SOR/81-318; SOR/86-917]
 
Judicial Consideration -
 
For cases dealing with this new Regulation see the cases noted under Section 20, supra, including in particular, the Dubeau and Morgan cases.
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