Part 5

Miscellaneous

Victims of crime

Views on temporary release
69
1
If a person who is the victim of an offence for the purposes of a scheme under section 68 makes to the Department of Justice representations falling within subsection (2) the Department of Justice has the obligations specified in subsection (3).
2
Representations fall within this subsection if they are to the effect that the temporary release of a person serving a sentence of imprisonment in Northern Ireland imposed in respect of the commission of the offence would threaten the safety, or otherwise adversely affect the well-being, of—
a
the actual victim of the offence, or
b
a person who is regarded for the purposes of the scheme as a victim of the offence by virtue of section 68(5).
3
The Department of Justice must—
a
have regard to the representations in deciding whether the person should be temporarily released and, if so, any conditions to which he is to be subject, and
b
inform the victim of any such decision.
Words in s. 69(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 14(2) (with arts. 28-31)
Words in s. 69(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 13 para. 14(3) (with arts. 28-31)