PART 4VICTIMS AND WITNESSES

The Victim Charter and the Witness Charter

I132Effect of non compliance

1

If a criminal justice agency fails to comply with the Charter issued under section 28 or 30, the failure does not of itself make the agency liable to criminal or civil proceedings.

2

But the Charter is admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings and a court may take into account a failure to comply with the Charter in determining a question in the proceedings.