Victims and Prisoners Act 2024

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 Victims of criminal conduct

   1. Meaning of “victim”

      1. 1. Meaning of “victim”

   2. Victims’ code

      1. 2. The victims’ code

      2. 3. Preparing and issuing the victims’ code

      3. 4. Revising the victims’ code

      4. 5. Code compliance

      5. 6. Code awareness and reviewing compliance: criminal justice bodies

      6. 7. Arrangements for collection of victims’ feedback

      7. 8. Reviewing code compliance: elected local policing bodies

      8. 9. Code awareness and reviewing compliance: British Transport Police

      9. 10. Code awareness and reviewing compliance: Ministry of Defence Police

      10. 11. Reviewing code compliance: Secretary of State and Attorney General

      11. 12. Guidance on code awareness and reviewing compliance

   3. Collaboration in exercise of victim support functions

      1. 13. Duty to collaborate in exercise of victim support functions

      2. 14. Strategy for collaboration in exercise of victim support functions

      3. 15. Guidance on collaboration in exercise of victim support functions

   4. Guidance about specified victim support roles

      1. 16. Guidance about specified victim support roles

   5. Disclosures by victims that cannot be precluded by agreement

      1. 17. Disclosures by victims that cannot be precluded by agreement

   6. Victims of domestic abuse

      1. 18. Restricting parental responsibility where one parent kills the other

      2. 19. Domestic abuse related death reviews

      3. 20. Child victims of domestic abuse

   7. Victim impact statements to mental health tribunals (restricted patients)

      1. 21. Victim impact statements to mental health tribunals (restricted patients)

   8. Victims’ Commissioner

      1. 22. Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses

   9. Inspections by criminal justice inspectorates

      1. 23. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons

      2. 24. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary

      3. 25. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service

      4. 26. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales

   10. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

       1. 27. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

   11. Information relating to victims

       1. 28. Information relating to victims

       2. 29. Information relating to victims: service police etc

       3. 30. Review of provisions relating to counselling information requests

       4. 31. Right to erasure of personal data in the UK

   12. Data protection

       1. 32. Data protection

   13. Consequential provision

       1. 33. Consequential provision

3. Part 2 Victims of major incidents

   1. Meaning of “major incident” etc

      1. 34. Meaning of “major incident” etc

   2. Appointment of advocates

      1. 35. Appointment of standing advocate

      2. 36. Appointment of advocates in respect of major incidents

      3. 37. Terms of appointment

      4. 38. Appointment of more than one advocate in respect of same major incident

   3. Functions and powers of advocates in respect of major incidents

      1. 39. Functions of advocates appointed in respect of major incidents

      2. 40. Role of advocates under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

   4. Functions and powers of advocates: general

      1. 41. Reports to the Secretary of State

      2. 42. Publication of reports

      3. 43. Information sharing and data protection

   5. Guidance for advocates

      1. 44. Guidance for advocates

   6. Consequential amendments

      1. 45. Consequential amendments

   7. Reviews

      1. 46. Review of duty of candour in relation to major incidents

      2. 47. Review of operation of Part 2

4. Part 3 Infected blood compensation

   1. 48. Infected Blood Compensation Authority

   2. 49. Infected blood compensation scheme

   3. 50. Payments

   4. 51. Applications and procedure

   5. 52. Reviews and appeals

   6. 53. Information: infected blood compensation scheme

   7. 54. Duty to co-operate with the IBCA

   8. 55. Provision of support and assistance

   9. 56. Payments to personal representatives of qualifying infected persons

   10. 57. Information: payments to personal representatives

5. Part 4 Prisoners

   1. Public protection decisions

      1. 58. Public protection decisions: life prisoners

      2. 59. Public protection decisions: fixed-term prisoners

      3. 60. Amendment of power to change test for release on licence of certain prisoners

   2. Referral of release decisions

      1. 61. Referral of release decisions: life prisoners

      2. 62. Referral of release decisions: fixed-term prisoners

   3. Licence conditions on release following referral

      1. 63. Licence conditions of life prisoners released following referral

      2. 64. Licence conditions of fixed-term prisoners released following referral

   4. Assessing etc risks posed by controlling or coercive offenders

      1. 65. Assessing etc risks posed by controlling or coercive offenders

   5. Imprisonment or detention for public protection

      1. 66. Imprisonment or detention for public protection

      2. 67. Imprisonment or detention for public protection: annual report

   6. Extension of home detention curfew

      1. 68. Extension of home detention curfew

   7. Application of Convention rights

      1. 69. Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: life prisoners

      2. 70. Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: fixed-term prisoners

      3. 71. Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: power to change release test

      4. 72. Application of certain Convention rights in prisoner release cases

   8. The Parole Board

      1. 73. Parole Board rules

      2. 74. Parole Board membership

   9. Whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a marriage or civil partnership

      1. 75. Whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a marriage

      2. 76. Whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a civil partnership

6. Part 5 General

   1. 77. Financial provision

   2. 78. Power to make consequential provision

   3. 79. Regulations

   4. 80. Extent

   5. 81. Commencement

   6. 82. Short title

7. Schedules

   1. Schedule 1

      Infected Blood Compensation Authority

      1. Part 1 Constitution

         1. 1. Membership

         2. 2. Appointment of non-executive members

         3. 3. Appointment of executive members

         4. 4. Appointments of members: eligibility

         5. 5. Terms of membership

         6. 6. Non-executive members: payments

         7. 7. Staffing

         8. 8. Interim chief executive

         9. 9. Committees and sub-committees

         10. 10. Procedure

         11. 11. Exercise of functions

         12. 12. Funding

         13. 13. Annual report

         14. 14. Accounts and audit

         15. 15. Meaning of “financial year”

         16. 16. Provision of information

         17. 17. Status

         18. 18. Seal and evidence

         19. 19. Supplementary powers

      2. Part 2 Transfer schemes

         1. 20. Power to make transfer schemes

         2. 21. Tax treatment of transfer schemes

      3. Part 3 Amendments

         1. 22. Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51)

         2. 23. Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 (c. 67)

         3. 24. Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)

         4. 25. House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)

         5. 26. Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)

         6. 27. Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)

         7. 28. Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)

   2. Schedule 2

      Offences relevant to public protection decisions