Section 14 Reviews of sentencing: duty to notify victimsI1

Section 2 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (victims’ code) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).

After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)

The victims’ code must make provision about informing victims of the opportunity to ask the Attorney General to refer a case to the Court of Appeal under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (unduly lenient sentences).

(3B)

Subsection (3A) applies only in respect of—

(a)

a person who is a victim by virtue of section 1(1)(a) or (2)(c), and

(b)

cases relating to the criminal conduct as a result of which that person is such a victim.”

In subsection (13), after “references in” insert “subsection (3A) and”.

In section 35 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, in subsection (1), at the end insert “(for requests for referrals by victims of crime in England and Wales, see section 2(3A) of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024)”.