Victim information requests: code of practice
Consultation description
This consultation is on the draft code of practice which accompanies the newly introduced statutory duties under Chapter 3A of the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts (PCSC) Act 2022.
These duties create a framework that ensures that requests for a victim鈥檚 third-party material from authorised persons, including the police, are only made when it is necessary, proportionate and sensitive to the privacy of the victim.
Third party material is material held about a person which can be requested from a 鈥榯hird party鈥� as part of an investigation. This can include medical records, local authority records or counselling notes.
This consultation also seeks views on a definition of counselling services.
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The Requests for Victim Information code of practice consultation
Data and Identity Directorate
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF