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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-armed-forces-code-of-practice-for-victims-of-crime-regulations-2015/schedule/paragraph-97",
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  "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/97",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Pre-Trial",
  "text": "If you are required to give evidence, you are entitled to be offered a full needs assessment by the Service police, the Commanding Officer or Service Prosecuting Authority as appropriate to make sure you are supported in giving your best evidence. This may include consideration of the use of Special Measures (see paragraphs 53 and 54 of this Code) and whether a Summary Hearing is appropriate. If you are to give evidence in the court, you are also entitled to visit the court before the trial to familiarise yourself with the building and the court room.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 97 in force at 16.11.2015, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1811/schedule/paragraph/97",
    "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."
}