The Local Probation Boards (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001

Purposes of the National Probation Service for England and Wales

2.  The purposes of the National Probation Service for England and Wales mentioned in section 1(1) of the 2000 Act are hereby extended under section 1(3) of that Act to include the giving of information relating to the judicial and custodial process to:

(a)the victim of a person convicted of an offence; and

(b)a person claiming to be the victim of a person charged with an offence.