Victims and Prisoners Act 2024
Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (2024 c. 21)
- Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (2024 c. 21)
- Part 1 Victims of criminal conduct
- Meaning of “victim”
- 1 Meaning of “victim”
- Victims’ code
- 2 The victims’ code
- 3 Preparing and issuing the victims’ code
- 4 Revising the victims’ code
- 5 Code compliance
- 6 Code awareness and reviewing compliance: criminal justice bodies
- 7 Arrangements for collection of victims’ feedback
- 8 Reviewing code compliance: elected local policing bodies
- 9 Code awareness and reviewing compliance: British Transport Police
- 10 Code awareness and reviewing compliance: Ministry of Defence Police
- 11 Reviewing code compliance: Secretary of State and Attorney General
- 12 Guidance on code awareness and reviewing compliance
- Collaboration in exercise of victim support functions
- 13 Duty to collaborate in exercise of victim support functions
- 14 Strategy for collaboration in exercise of victim support functions
- 15 Guidance on collaboration in exercise of victim support functions
- Guidance about specified victim support roles
- 16 Guidance about specified victim support roles
- Disclosures by victims that cannot be precluded by agreement
- 17 Disclosures by victims that cannot be precluded by agreement
- Victims of domestic abuse
- 18 Restricting parental responsibility where one parent kills the other
- 19 Domestic abuse related death reviews
- 20 Child victims of domestic abuse
- Victim impact statements to mental health tribunals (restricted patients)
- 21 Victim impact statements to mental health tribunals (restricted patients)
- Victims’ Commissioner
- 22 Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses
- Inspections by criminal justice inspectorates
- 23 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons
- 24 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary
- 25 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service
- 26 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales
- Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
- 27 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
- Information relating to victims
- 28 Information relating to victims
- 29 Information relating to victims: service police etc
- 30 Review of provisions relating to counselling information requests
- 31 Right to erasure of personal data in the UK
- Data protection
- 32 Data protection
- Consequential provision
- 33 Consequential provision
- Part 2 Victims of major incidents
- Meaning of “major incident” etc
- 34 Meaning of “major incident” etc
- Appointment of advocates
- 35 Appointment of standing advocate
- 36 Appointment of advocates in respect of major incidents
- 37 Terms of appointment
- 38 Appointment of more than one advocate in respect of same major incident
- Functions and powers of advocates in respect of major incidents
- 39 Functions of advocates appointed in respect of major incidents
- 40 Role of advocates under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009
- Functions and powers of advocates: general
- 41 Reports to the Secretary of State
- 42 Publication of reports
- 43 Information sharing and data protection
- Guidance for advocates
- 44 Guidance for advocates
- Consequential amendments
- 45 Consequential amendments
- Reviews
- 46 Review of duty of candour in relation to major incidents
- 47 Review of operation of Part 2
- Part 3 Infected blood compensation
- 48 Infected Blood Compensation Authority
- 49 Infected blood compensation scheme
- 50 Payments
- 51 Applications and procedure
- 52 Reviews and appeals
- 53 Information: infected blood compensation scheme
- 54 Duty to co-operate with the IBCA
- 55 Provision of support and assistance
- 56 Payments to personal representatives of qualifying infected persons
- 57 Information: payments to personal representatives
- Part 4 Prisoners
- Public protection decisions
- 58 Public protection decisions: life prisoners
- 59 Public protection decisions: fixed-term prisoners
- 60 Amendment of power to change test for release on licence of certain prisoners
- Referral of release decisions
- 61 Referral of release decisions: life prisoners
- 62 Referral of release decisions: fixed-term prisoners
- Licence conditions on release following referral
- 63 Licence conditions of life prisoners released following referral
- 64 Licence conditions of fixed-term prisoners released following referral
- Assessing etc risks posed by controlling or coercive offenders
- 65 Assessing etc risks posed by controlling or coercive offenders
- Imprisonment or detention for public protection
- 66 Imprisonment or detention for public protection
- 67 Imprisonment or detention for public protection: annual report
- Extension of home detention curfew
- 68 Extension of home detention curfew
- Application of Convention rights
- 69 Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: life prisoners
- 70 Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: fixed-term prisoners
- 71 Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: power to change release test
- 72 Application of certain Convention rights in prisoner release cases
- The Parole Board
- 73 Parole Board rules
- 74 Parole Board membership
- Whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a marriage or civil partnership
- 75 Whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a marriage
- 76 Whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a civil partnership
- Part 5 General
- 77 Financial provision
- 78 Power to make consequential provision
- 79 Regulations
- 80 Extent
- 81 Commencement
- 82 Short title
- Schedules
- Schedule 1 Infected Blood Compensation Authority
- Part 1 Constitution
- Membership
- Appointment of non-executive members
- Appointment of executive members
- Appointments of members: eligibility
- Terms of membership
- Non-executive members: payments
- Staffing
- Interim chief executive
- Committees and sub-committees
- Procedure
- Exercise of functions
- Funding
- Annual report
- Accounts and audit
- Meaning of “financial year”
- Provision of information
- Status
- Seal and evidence
- Supplementary powers
- Part 2 Transfer schemes
- Power to make transfer schemes
- Tax treatment of transfer schemes
- Part 3 Amendments
- Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)
- Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c. 67)
- Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)
- Schedule 2 Offences relevant to public protection decisions
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