{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-witnesses-scotland-act-2014/section-3J",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-witnesses-scotland-act-2014/section-3J.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2014/1",
  "legislation_title": "Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-witnesses-scotland-act-2014",
  "path": "section/3J",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3J",
  "heading": "Offences committed in a Member State",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) a person who is or appears to be a victim in relation to an offence or alleged offence committed in a Member State of the EU ... makes a complaint about that offence to a constable, and\n(b) criminal proceedings for that offence or alleged offence cannot be raised in Scotland,\nthe chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland must ensure that the complaint is transmitted without undue delay to the appropriate authority of the Member State in which the offence or alleged offence was committed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3J and cross-heading inserted (23.12.2015) by The Victims' Rights (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/444), regs. 1(2), 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 3J(a) omitted (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Civil Protection Measures, European Protection Order and Victims’ Rights (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/249), regs. 1(1), 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 3J heading substituted (1.12.2022) by The Civil Protection Measures, European Protection Order and Victims’ Rights (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment Etc.) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/249), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/1/section/3J",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:19.581799+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."
}