Paragraph 257 Director of Service Prosecutions’ consideration of a chargeI1

Where the Service Prosecuting Authority discontinues or offers no evidence in all proceedings, the Service Prosecuting Authority must also give reasons for the decision to the victims an must inform the victim how they can access further information about the decision and how they can seek a review of the decision if they are dissatisfied with it, in accordance with the Service Prosecuting Authority’s victims’ right to review scheme. The notification of the decision must include sufficient information to enable the victim to decide whether or not they wish a review to take place.