{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-armed-forces-code-of-practice-for-victims-of-crime-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-259",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-armed-forces-code-of-practice-for-victims-of-crime-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-259.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1811",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Armed Forces Code of Practice for Victims of Crime) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-armed-forces-code-of-practice-for-victims-of-crime-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/259",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "259",
  "heading": "Pre-Summary Hearing",
  "text": "This paragraph outlines the duties that the Victim Liaison Officer must provide to victims prior to a Summary Hearing. The Victim Liaison Officer must:\n(1) notify victims of the time, date, location, adjournment, postponement and outcome of any Summary Hearing without unreasonable delay;\n(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 appropriate;\n(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;\n(4) the Victim Liaison Officer must advise the victim that they may ask to be informed of a suspect being released from Service custody and any Service custody release requirements which are imposed, changed or cancelled;\n(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 delay.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 259 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See paragraphs 16 to 18 of this Code."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Note paragraph 259(5) of this Code."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1811/schedule/paragraph/259",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:31:15.783148+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}