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(1)This section applies if—
(a)a person (“the offender”) is convicted of a sexual or violent offence,
(b)a relevant sentence is imposed on him in respect of the offence, and
(c)while the offender is serving the sentence, the Secretary of State gives a transfer direction and a restriction direction in respect of him.
(2)The local probation board for the area in which the hospital specified in the transfer direction is situated must take all reasonable steps to ascertain whether a person who appears to the board to be the victim of the offence or to act for the victim of the offence wishes—
(a)to make representations about the matters specified in subsection (3);
(b)to receive the information specified in subsection (4).
(3)The matters are—
(a)whether the offender should be subject to any conditions in the event of his discharge from hospital;
(b)if so, what conditions.
(4)The information is information about any conditions to which the offender is to be subject in the event of his discharge from hospital.
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