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Regulation 5 Making a supplementary victim statement

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(1)

A person who has made a victim statement may on request be afforded, either orally or in writing, an opportunity to make a statement supplementary to, or in amplification of, the victim statement unless, in all the circumstances of the case, it is impracticable to do so.

(2)

A statement made under paragraph (1) is referred to in these Regulations as a supplementary victim statement.

(3)

The opportunity to make a supplementary victim statement is to be afforded by—

(a)

a member of staff of Victim Support Northern Ireland;

(b)

a member of staff of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; or

(c)

a family liaison officer of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.