Point in time view as at 01/09/2016.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 8.
(1)The Lord Advocate must prepare a family liaison charter.
(2)A family liaison charter is a document setting out how the procurator fiscal will liaise with the family of a person in relation to whose death an inquiry may or is to be held.
(3)In particular, the charter must set out—
(a)information to be made available to the family, and
(b)timescales for the giving of the information.
(4)The Lord Advocate may from time to time revise the charter prepared under subsection (1).
(5)The Lord Advocate must—
(a)consult such persons as the Lord Advocate considers appropriate before preparing the charter under subsection (1) or revising it under subsection (4),
(b)lay the charter or revised charter before the Scottish Parliament, and
(c)publish the charter or revised charter in such manner as the Lord Advocate considers appropriate.
Commencement Information
I1S. 8 in force at 1.9.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/196, reg. 2(a) (with reg. 3)
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