Moved by
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
57: After Clause 11, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to co-operate with Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses
(1) The Commissioner may request a specified public authority to co-operate with the Commissioner in any way that the Commissioner considers necessary for the purposes of monitoring compliance with the victims’ code.
(2) A specified public authority must, so far as reasonably practicable, comply with a request made to it under this section.
(3) In this section “specified public authority” means any of the following—
(a) a criminal justice body, as defined by section 6(6);
(b) the Parole Board;
(c) an elected local policing body;
(d) the British Transport Police Force;
(e) the Ministry of Defence Police.
(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to—
(a) add a public authority as a specified public authority for the purposes of this section;
(b) remove a public authority added by virtue of subsection (4)(a);
(c) vary any description of a public authority.”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment would create a duty for specified public authorities to collaborate with the Victims and Witnesses Commissioner.