Part 3

Victims etc
Chapter 3

Other matters relating to victims etc

Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses

Duty to respond to Commissioner’s recommendations
49A
1
This section applies where the Commissioner publishes a report under section 49(2)(b) or (4) containing recommendations to an authority within the Commissioner’s remit.
2
The relevant person must prepare comments on the report.
3
The relevant person is—
a
where the authority is a government department in the charge of a Minister of the Crown, the Minister, or
b
in any other case, the authority.
4
The comments must include, in respect of each recommendation made in the report, an explanation of—
a
the action which the relevant person has taken, or proposes to take, in response to the recommendation, or
b
why the relevant person has not taken, or does not propose to take, any action in response.
5
The relevant person must arrange for the comments to be published in such manner as the person considers appropriate.
6
The comments must be published before the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the day on which the report is published.
7
The relevant person must send a copy of anything published under subsection
(6)
to—
a
the Commissioner, and
b
(unless the authority is a government department in the charge of a Minister of the Crown) the Secretary of State.
S. 49A inserted (29.1.2025) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 22(3), 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2025/95, reg. 2(d)