Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014
Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 1)
- Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 (2014 asp 1)
- General principles
- 1 General principles
- 1A. Further general principles applicable to victims
- Standards of service
- 2 Standards of service
- 3 Reports
- Complaints
- 3A. Complaints
- Provision of information to victims
- 3B. The Victims’ Code for Scotland
- 3C. Victims’ right to receive information
- Provision of support to victims
- 3D. Referral to providers of victim support services
- Assistance to communicate
- 3E. Victims’ right to understand and be understood
- 3F. Victims’ right to interpretation and translation
- Acknowledgement of complaints
- 3G. Written acknowledgement of complaints
- Reimbursement of expenses
- 3H. Victims’ right to reimbursement of expenses
- Return of property
- 3I. Victims’ right to return of property
- Offences committed in another Member State
- 3J. Offences committed in a Member State
- Rules: review of decision not to prosecute
- 4 Rules: review of decision not to prosecute
- Restorative justice
- 5 Restorative justice
- Disclosure of information
- 6 Disclosure of information about criminal proceedings
- Interviews
- 7 Interviews with children: guidance
- 8 Certain offences: victim's right to specify gender of interviewer
- Medical examinations
- 8A Certain medical examinations: additional information to be provided
- 9 Certain medical examinations: gender of medical examiner
- Criminal investigations
- 9A. Victims’ right to protection during criminal investigations
- 9B. Individual assessment of victims in criminal investigations
- 9C. Measures to assist victims in criminal investigations
- Protection of victims
- 9D. Right to avoid contact between victim and offender
- 9E. Victims’ right to protection of privacy
- Vulnerable witnesses
- 10 Vulnerable witnesses: main definitions
- 11 Child and deemed vulnerable witnesses
- 12 Child and deemed vulnerable witnesses: standard special measures
- 13 Objections to special measures: child and deemed vulnerable witnesses
- 14 Child witnesses
- 15 Reporting of proceedings involving children
- 16 Other vulnerable witnesses: assessment and application
- 17 Objections to special measures: other vulnerable witnesses
- 18 Review of arrangements for vulnerable witnesses
- 19 Temporary additional special measures
- 20 Special measures: closed courts
- 21 Power to prescribe further special measures
- 22 Vulnerable witnesses: civil proceedings
- Victim statements
- 23 Victim statements
- Sentencing
- 24 Duty to consider making compensation order
- 25 Restitution order
- 26 Victim surcharge
- Release of offender: victim's rights
- 27 Victim's right to receive information about release of offender etc.
- 27A. Notification of victims in relation to release etc. of short term prisoners
- 27B Provision of information to person supporting victim
- 28 Life prisoners: victim's right to make oral representations before release on licence
- 29 Temporary release: victim's right to make representations
- Child victims
- 29A. Exercise of functions where victim is a child
- Deceased victims
- 29B. Application of Act where victim’s death caused by offence
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- 30 National Confidential Forum
- 31 NCF: constitution and operation
- General
- 32 Interpretation
- 33 Ancillary provision
- 34 Commencement
- 35 Short title
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