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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statement-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/431",
  "legislation_title": "The Victim Statement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statement-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Making a victim statement",
  "text": "(1) A member of staff of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland is to afford a person the opportunity to make a victim statement.\n(2) The opportunity to make a victim statement shall be afforded, either orally or in writing, as soon as reasonably practicable, after a decision to prosecute the accused for an offence is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/431/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:53:45.101423+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."
}