Legislation – Victims and Prisoners Act 2024
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Part 1Victims of criminal conduct
Inspections by criminal justice inspectorates
24His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary
(1)
Schedule 4A to the Police Act 1996 (further provision about inspectors of constabulary) is amended as follows.
(2)
“(ia)
the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses, and”.
(3)
“(7)
The Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General may by a joint direction require a joint inspection programme to include provision for the inspection, at specified times, of specified matters relating to the experiences and treatment of victims.
(8)
In sub-paragraph (7)—
“specified” means specified in the direction;
“victim” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.”