(1)  A parole order is sufficient authority to the Director and any person having the custody or control of the prisoner to whom the order applies to release the prisoner in accordance with the terms of the order.

(2)  A prisoner who is released under a parole order is, while on parole, under the supervision of a probation officer.

(3)  A prisoner who is released under a parole order must, while on parole, comply with any terms and conditions to which the order is subject and with such requirements as may be made of the prisoner by the probation officer.

(4)  Notwithstanding subsection (2) , the Board may –

(a) in circumstances that it considers exceptional, direct that a prisoner who is released under a parole order is not required to be under the supervision of a probation officer; or

(b) if it considers that it is unreasonable or unnecessary for a prisoner released under a parole order to be under the supervision of a probation officer for the whole of the period the prisoner is on parole, direct that the prisoner so released is required to be under the supervision of a probation officer only for such part of that period as the Board specifies in its direction.