Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes the offences for which a victim will be afforded an opportunity to make a victim statement for the purposes of section 14(2) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.
The effect of the Order is that a victim statement may be made where proceedings are to be taken or are likely to be taken in respect of one or more of the prescribed offences. The order only applies to offences reported to the procurator fiscal on or after the 1st April 2009.
The revocation is to correct an error in the Victim Statements (Prescribed Offences) (Scotland) Order 2009.