Paragraph 4 GeneralI1

United Kingdom

For the purposes of this Code, a “victim” is:

(1)

a natural person^f1 who has suffered harm, including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss which was directly caused by a criminal offence^f2;

(2)

a close relative (see definitions in Part 6 of this Code) of a person whose death was directly caused by a criminal offence and who has suffered harm as a result of that person’s death.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 4 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: Legal persons (eg businesses) are not included in the definition of a victim.
f2: For the purposes of this Code ‘criminal offence’ means a Service offence (within the meaning of section 50 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) that is committed in, or is subject to Service justice criminal proceedings in, the European Union.