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<Text>Where a report under <InternalLink Ref="section-18" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/section/18" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/18/enacted">section 18</InternalLink> names—</Text>
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<Text>a criminal justice body,</Text>
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<Text>a person providing victim support services,</Text>
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<Text>the Commissioner may, in the report, impose on the person a requirement to respond to the report.</Text>
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<Text>The statement must set out the person’s reasoned response to the part of the report which relates to their activities.</Text>
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