{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-bodies-abolition-of-victims-advisory-panel-order-2013/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111538661",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Bodies (Abolition of Victims’ Advisory Panel) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-bodies-abolition-of-victims-advisory-panel-order-2013",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Abolition of Victims’ Advisory Panel",
  "text": "(1) The Victims’ Advisory Panel, established under section 55 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, is abolished.\n(2) In consequence of paragraph (1)—\n(a) in Schedule 2 (departments etc subject to investigation) to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, the entry “Victims Advisory Panel.” is repealed;\n(b) section 55 (Victims’ Advisory Panel) of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 and the cross-heading that precedes it are repealed;\n(c) in paragraph 10 of the Schedule (consequential amendments) to the Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (2), for “53, 54 and 55(1) to (6)” substitute “53 and 54”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (3), for “53, 54 and 55” substitute “53 and 54”;\n(d) in section 142 (Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, subsection (5) is repealed.\n(3) In Schedule 1 to the Public Bodies Act 2011 (power to abolish: bodies and offices), the entry “Victims’ Advisory Panel.” is repealed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 28; section 55 was amended by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), section 142(1) and (5), and S.I. 2007/2128."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c. 13; Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 2011/2986."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/2128."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2009 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2012/964, S.I. 2012/1206, S.I. 2012/1923, S.I. 2012/2007, S.I. 2012/2398, S.I. 2012/2401, S.I. 2012/2406, S.I. 2012/2407 and S.I. 2012/2654."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111538661/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:50:00.031809+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."
}