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<Text>In exercising the Commissioner’s function under <InternalLink Ref="section-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/section/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/2/enacted">section 2</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-2-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/section/2/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/2/2/enacted">(2)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-2-2-a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/section/2/2/a" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/2/2/a/enacted">(a)</InternalLink>, the Commissioner—</Text>
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<Text>may establish such groups as the Commissioner considers appropriate,</Text>
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<Text>must pay particular attention to groups of victims and witnesses who do not have other adequate means by which they can make their views known.</Text>
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<Text>The Commissioner must prepare and keep under review a strategy for engaging with victims, witnesses and persons providing victim support services in accordance with <InternalLink Ref="section-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/section/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/2/enacted">section 2</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-2-2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/section/2/2" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/2/2/enacted">(2)</InternalLink><InternalLink Ref="section-2-2-a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2025/12/section/2/2/a" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2025/12/section/2/2/a/enacted">(a)</InternalLink> and this section.</Text>
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