# The Victim Statement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 5: Making a supplementary victim statement


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/431/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victim-statement-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-5
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