{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/21",
  "legislation_title": "Victims and Prisoners Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service",
  "text": "(1) The Schedule to the Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Act 2000 (further provision about Chief Inspector) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 2 (inspection programmes and frameworks), in sub-paragraph (2), omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (i) and insert—\n“(ia) the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses, and”.\n(3) In paragraph 5 (joint action), after sub-paragraph (6) insert—\n“(7) The Secretary of State, the Lord Chancellor and the Attorney General may by a joint direction require a joint inspection programme to include provision for the inspection, at specified times, of specified matters relating to the experiences and treatment of victims.\n(8) In sub-paragraph (7)—\n“specified” means specified in the direction;\n“victim” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 81(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 25(1)(2) in force at 29.1.2025 by S.I. 2025/95, reg. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 25(3) in force at 31.12.2025 by S.I. 2025/1325, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/21/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:12.536425+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."
}