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Paragraph 259 Pre-Summary HearingI1

United Kingdom

This paragraph outlines the duties that the Victim Liaison Officer must provide to victims prior to a Summary Hearing. The Victim Liaison Officer must:

(1)

notify victims of the time, date, location, adjournment, postponement and outcome of any Summary Hearing without unreasonable delay;

(2)

in cases where the victim may be required to give evidence in a summary hearing the Victim Liaison Officer must discuss any needs the victim may have and refer the victim to victim support services where appropriatef1;

(3)

notify victims who are required to attend a summary hearing to give evidence without unreasonable delay and inform them what to expect including how to access the Military Court Service witness information leaflet;

(4)

the Victim Liaison Officer must advise the victim that they may ask to be informedf2 of a suspect being released from Service custody and any Service custody release requirements which are imposed, changed or cancelled;

(5)

the victim is entitled to the information requested pursuant to paragraph 259(4) of this Code only where there is a danger or an identified risk of harm to the victim, in which case the information will be provided without unnecessary delayf3.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. para. 259 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

See paragraphs 16 to 18 of this Code.

f2

Note paragraph 259(5) of this Code.

f3

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.