The Structure & a Summary of the Act Part Three – Victims’ Rights New section 16B
152.Section 16B lists those persons who are entitled to ask to be given information under section 16A, namely, the victim of the offence, or if the victim is dead, the spouse, cohabitee, child or parent of the victim, and if the victim died before reaching 16, any other person who cared for the victim before the relevant offence took place.
153.If the victim is under 12, he or she may not ask for information but someone who cares for the victim may ask instead. The section clarifies that a person who asks for information must be not be incapable, and must not be a person accused of, or reasonably suspected of being the perpetrator, or been implicated in the perpetration of the offence.