Paragraph 262 Pre-trialI1

United Kingdom

This paragraph outlines the duties that the Victim Liaison Officer must provide to victims. In some cases, the Service Police might provide the information in this paragraph to victims instead. The Service Police must tell victims if this is the case and agree with the Victim Liaison Officer which of the following services they will provide. The Victim Liaison Officer must:

(1)

notify victims of the time, date, location and outcome of any Service court hearing without unreasonable delay;

(2)

following a not-guilty plea, discuss any needs the victim may have and refer the victim to victim support services where appropriate^f1;

(3)

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

(4)

inform victims of the outcome of the Special Measures applications;

(5)

the Victim Liaison Officer must advise the victim that they may ask to be informed^f2 of a suspect being released from Service custody and any Service custody release requirements which are imposed, changed or cancelled;

(6)

the victim is entitled to the information requested pursuant to paragraph 262(5) 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^f3.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 262 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: See paragraphs 16 to 18 of this Code.
f2: Note paragraph 262(6) 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.