Legislation – Victims and Prisoners Act 2024
Part 1
Victims of criminal conduct
3 Preparing and issuing the victims’ code
6 Code awareness and reviewing compliance: criminal justice bodies
7 Arrangements for collection of victims’ feedback
8 Reviewing code compliance: elected local policing bodies
9 Code awareness and reviewing compliance: British Transport Police
10 Code awareness and reviewing compliance: Ministry of Defence Police
11 Reviewing code compliance: Secretary of State and Attorney General
12 Guidance on code awareness and reviewing compliance
13 Duty to collaborate in exercise of victim support functions
14 Strategy for collaboration in exercise of victim support functions
15 Guidance on collaboration in exercise of victim support functions
16 Guidance about specified victim support roles
17 Disclosures by victims that cannot be precluded by agreement
18 Restricting parental responsibility where one parent kills the other
19 Domestic abuse related death reviews
20 Child victims of domestic abuse
21 Victim impact statements to mental health tribunals (restricted patients)
22 Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses
23 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons
24 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary
25 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service
26 His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales
27 Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
28 Information relating to victims
29 Information relating to victims: service police etc
30 Review of provisions relating to counselling information requests
31 Right to erasure of personal data in the UK
Part 2
Victims of major incidents
34 Meaning of “major incident” etc
35 Appointment of standing advocate
36 Appointment of advocates in respect of major incidents
38 Appointment of more than one advocate in respect of same major incident
39 Functions of advocates appointed in respect of major incidents
40 Role of advocates under Part 1 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009
41 Reports to the Secretary of State
43 Information sharing and data protection
46 Review of duty of candour in relation to major incidents
47 Review of operation of Part 2
Part 3
Infected blood compensation
48 Infected Blood Compensation Authority
49 Infected blood compensation scheme
53 Information: infected blood compensation scheme
54 Duty to co-operate with the IBCA
55 Provision of support and assistance
56 Payments to personal representatives of qualifying infected persons
57 Information: payments to personal representatives
Part 4
Prisoners
58 Public protection decisions: life prisoners
59 Public protection decisions: fixed-term prisoners
60 Amendment of power to change test for release on licence of certain prisoners
61 Referral of release decisions: life prisoners
62 Referral of release decisions: fixed-term prisoners
63 Licence conditions of life prisoners released following referral
64 Licence conditions of fixed-term prisoners released following referral
65 Assessing etc risks posed by controlling or coercive offenders
66 Imprisonment or detention for public protection
67 Imprisonment or detention for public protection: annual report
68 Extension of home detention curfew
69 Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: life prisoners
70 Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: fixed-term prisoners
71 Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998: power to change release test
72 Application of certain Convention rights in prisoner release cases
75 Whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a marriage
76 Whole life prisoners prohibited from forming a civil partnership
Part 5
General
78 Power to make consequential provision
SCHEDULES
Part 3Infected blood compensation
52Reviews and appeals
1
Regulations under section 49—
a
may make provision for the IBCA to review decisions taken under the infected blood compensation scheme;
b
must confer a right of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against a decision taken under the scheme.