Section 10 Duty of Commissioner to report on compliance with victims’ codeI1

The Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 is amended as follows.

In section 11 (reviewing code compliance: Secretary of State and Attorney General)—

After section 11 insert—

“Reviewing code compliance: Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses

11A

(1)

The Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses must make a report to the Secretary of State and the Attorney General about the code compliance of the persons mentioned in section 11(6) for each period in relation to which the Secretary of State and the Attorney General are required to prepare and publish a report under section 11(1)(b).

(2)

Reports under subsection (1) must be published by the Commissioner.

(3)

Section 49A of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (duty to respond to Commissioner’s recommendations) applies in relation to a report under subsection (1) containing recommendations to an authority within the Commissioner’s remit as it applies in relation to a report under section 49(2)(b) or (4) of that Act.

(4)

Section 53 of that Act (authorities within the Commissioner’s remit) applies for the purposes of subsection (3) as it applies for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act.

(5)

In this section “code compliance” has the meaning given by section 11(7)(b).”