# The Victims' Rights (Prescribed Bodies) (Scotland) Order 2003, Note: Explanatory note


(This is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes Victim Support Scotland as a body which appears to Scottish Ministers to provide counselling or other support to those who have been victims of crime for the purposes of section 18(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003.
The effect of the Order is that where it appears to a constable that an offence has been perpetrated against a natural person, the constable may, with the person’s consent, disclose to Victim Support Scotland the information set out in section 18(1) of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/440/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/victims-rights-prescribed-bodies-scotland-order-2003/note
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