{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-armed-forces-code-of-practice-for-victims-of-crime-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-armed-forces-code-of-practice-for-victims-of-crime-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-46.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/46",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Vulnerable or intimidated victims",
  "text": "You are eligible for enhanced entitlements under this Code as a vulnerable victim if:\n(1) You are under 18 years of age at the time of the offence, or\n(2) The quality of your evidence is likely to be affected because;\n(a) You suffer from mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983;\n(b) You otherwise have a significant impairment of intelligence and social functioning; or\n(c) You have a physical disability or are suffering from a physical disorder.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 46 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This is based on the criteria in section 16 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 for the court to determine eligibility for Special Measures (see paragraphs 53 and 54 of this Code)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1811/schedule/paragraph/46",
    "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."
}