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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-victims-code-of-practice-order-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1314",
  "legislation_title": "The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (Victims’ Code of Practice) Order 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004-victims-code-of-practice-order-2020",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into operation the revised code of practice entitled “Code of Practice for Victims of Crime” on 1st April 2021. The revised code of practice replaces the code of practice that was brought into operation on 16th November 2015 by S.I. 2015/1817.\nAn online copy of the revised code of practice can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-code-of-practice-for-victims-of-crime. Hard copies can be requested from the Ministry of Justice at 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ.\nAn impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of the public sector was produced with the Government’s response to the consultation on improving the Victims’ Code, and is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-code-of-practice-for-victims-of-crime.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1314/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:22:32.233769+00:00"
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  "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."
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