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Status: In Force

What it defines

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56 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 General principles

s.001 Further general principles applicable to victims

s.002 Standards of service

s.003 Reports

s.003 Complaints

s.003 The Victims’ Code for Scotland

s.003 Victims’ right to receive information

s.003 Referral to providers of victim support services

s.003 Victims’ right to understand and be understood

s.003 Victims’ right to interpretation and translation

s.003 Written acknowledgement of complaints

s.003 Victims’ right to reimbursement of expenses

s.003 Victims’ right to return of property

s.003 Offences committed in a Member State

s.004 Rules: review of decision not to prosecute

s.005 Restorative justice

s.006 Disclosure of information about criminal proceedings

s.007 Interviews with children: guidance

s.008 Certain offences: victim's right to specify gender of interviewer

s.008 Certain medical examinations: additional information to be provided

s.009 Certain medical examinations: gender of medical examiner

s.009 Victims’ right to protection during criminal investigations

s.009 Individual assessment of victims in criminal investigations

s.009 Measures to assist victims in criminal investigations

s.009 Right to avoid contact between victim and offender

s.009 Victims’ right to protection of privacy

s.010 Vulnerable witnesses: main definitions

s.011 Child and deemed vulnerable witnesses

s.012 Child and deemed vulnerable witnesses: standard special measures

s.013 Objections to special measures: child and deemed vulnerable witnesses

s.014 Child witnesses

s.015 Reporting of proceedings involving children

s.016 Other vulnerable witnesses: assessment and application

s.017 Objections to special measures: other vulnerable witnesses

s.018 Review of arrangements for vulnerable witnesses

s.019 Temporary additional special measures

s.020 Special measures: closed courts

s.021 Power to prescribe further special measures

s.022 Vulnerable witnesses: civil proceedings

s.023 Victim statements

s.024 Duty to consider making compensation order

s.025 Restitution order

s.026 Victim surcharge

s.027 Victim's right to receive information about release of offender etc.

s.027 Notification of victims in relation to release etc. of short term prisoners

s.027 Provision of information to person supporting victim

s.028 Life prisoners: victim's right to make oral representations before release on licence

s.029 Temporary release: victim's right to make representations

s.029 Exercise of functions where victim is a child

s.029 Application of Act where victim’s death caused by offence

s.030 National Confidential Forum

s.031 NCF: constitution and operation

s.032 Interpretation

s.033 Ancillary provision

s.034 Commencement

s.035 Short title

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Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014

What it defines