Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014

1. Introductory Text

2. General principles

   1. 1. General principles

3. Standards of service

   1. 2. Standards of service

   2. 3. Reports

4. Rules: review of decision not to prosecute

   1. 4. Rules: review of decision not to prosecute

5. Restorative justice

   1. 5. Restorative justice

6. Disclosure of information

   1. 6. Disclosure of information about criminal proceedings

7. Interviews

   1. 7. Interviews with children: guidance

   2. 8. Certain offences: victim’s right to specify gender of interviewer

8. Medical examinations

   1. 9. Certain medical examinations: gender of medical examiner

9. Vulnerable witnesses

   1. 10. Vulnerable witnesses: main definitions

   2. 11. Child and deemed vulnerable witnesses

   3. 12. Child and deemed vulnerable witnesses: standard special measures

   4. 13. Objections to special measures: child and deemed vulnerable witnesses

   5. 14. Child witnesses

   6. 15. Reporting of proceedings involving children

   7. 16. Other vulnerable witnesses: assessment and application

   8. 17. Objections to special measures: other vulnerable witnesses

   9. 18. Review of arrangements for vulnerable witnesses

   10. 19. Temporary additional special measures

   11. 20. Special measures: closed courts

   12. 21. Power to prescribe further special measures

   13. 22. Vulnerable witnesses: civil proceedings

10. Victim statements

    1. 23. Victim statements

11. Sentencing

    1. 24. Duty to consider making compensation order

    2. 25. Restitution order

    3. 26. Victim surcharge

12. Release of offender: victim’s rights

    1. 27. Victim’s right to receive information about release of offender etc.

    2. 28. Life prisoners: victim’s right to make oral representations before release on licence

    3. 29. Temporary release: victim’s right to make representations

13. National Confidential Forum

    1. 30. National Confidential Forum

    2. 31. NCF: constitution and operation

14. General

    1. 32. Interpretation

    2. 33. Ancillary provision

    3. 34. Commencement

    4. 35. Short title