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Paragraph 212 Victim Personal StatementI1

United Kingdom

The Service Police must offer the opportunity to make a Victim Personal Statement to the following people:

(1)

any victim at the time they complete a witness statement about what has happened;

(2)

victims of the most serious crime (including bereaved close relatives), persistently targeted victims and vulnerable or intimidated victims, irrespective of whether or not they have given a witness statement about what happened (a child victim is automatically eligible for enhanced services under this Code);

(3)

a parent or carer of a vulnerable adult or of a young victim under the age of 18 unless it is considered not to be in the best interests of the child or vulnerable adult.

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Sch. para. 212 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1