Paragraph 157 InvestigationI1
United Kingdom
When the Service Police or Commanding Officer are investigating your case you are entitled to:
receive information about what is happening and discuss with the investigator how often they will contact you;
be told if no one is found to be a suspect, or if the case is closed and be told without unreasonable delay from the decision being made;
ask the investigator to inform you of a suspect being released from Service custody and any Service custody release requirements which are made by the court, or if those release requirements change;
receive the information requested in paragraph 157(3) of this Code only where there is a danger or an identified risk of harm to you, in which case the information will be provided without unnecessary delayf1;
say if you want to be told if a closed case has been reopened, so the Service Police or Commanding Officer can consider your wishes.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. para. 157 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1
Footnotes
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You are not, however, entitled to this information if there is an identified risk of harm to the suspect which would result from the notification.