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Paragraph 157 InvestigationI1

United Kingdom

When the Service Police or Commanding Officer are investigating your case you are entitled to:

(1)

receive information about what is happening and discuss with the investigator how often they will contact you;

(2)

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;

(3)

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;

(4)

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;

(5)

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

I1

Sch. para. 157 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

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.