Paragraph 83 Charge and Service CustodyI1

United Kingdom

Following:

(1)

a Service Police decision not to refer a case in which a suspect has been identified and interviewed after caution, to the Commanding Officer or the Director of Service Prosecutions,

(2)

a Commanding Officer’s or Service Prosecuting Authority decision^f1 not to bring or direct a charge, or

(3)

a Commanding Officer’s decision not to refer the case to the Director of Service Prosecutions, where the Commanding Officer does not have power to charge without first referring the case to the Director of Service Prosecutions,

you are entitled to be notified of the reasons why this decision was made, how you can access further information about the decision and how you can seek a review of the decision and how you can seek a review of the decision if you are dissatisfied with it, in accordance with their victims’ right to review scheme.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 83 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: This refers to the powers to charge or direct charge exercisable by the Director of Service Prosecutions under Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.