{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/28",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State for Justice must appoint a Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses (referred to in this Part as the Commissioner).\n(2) Before appointing the Commissioner the Secretary of State for Justice must consult the Attorney General and the Secretary of State for the Home Department as to the person to be appointed.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) The Secretary of State may pay to, or in respect of, the Commissioner amounts—\n(a) by way of remuneration, pensions, allowances or gratuities, or\n(b) by way of provision for any such benefits.\n(7) The Secretary of State may pay sums in respect of the expenses of the Commissioner.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), arts. 1(2), 8, Sch. para. 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 substituted (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), arts. 1(2), 8, Sch. para. 10(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 48(3)-(5) repealed (immediately before 1.2.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 142(2)(a), 178, 182(5), Sch. 23 Pt. 5 (with s. 180); S.I. 2010/145, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 48(6)(7) substituted (immediately before 1.2.2010) for s. 48(6) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 142(2)(b), 182(5) (with s. 180); S.I. 2010/145, art. 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 48: functions transferred (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), arts. 1(2), 4(2)(a), 5(2)(a) (with art. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:58.721276+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."
}