Part 1: Victims of Criminal Conduct Victims’ Code Section 9: Reviewing compliance: British Transport Police
Subsection (2) places a duty on the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force (BTP) to take reasonable steps to promote awareness of the Victims’ Code among users of relevant services and other members of the public. The inclusion of ‘reasonable’ gives bodies the flexibility to tailor their approach in different circumstances. This allows those working in the system to use their expertise to determine the most appropriate moment and method of sharing the Code.
	Subsection (3) places a duty on the BTP and the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA) to keep under review BTP’s compliance with the duty in Section 5(1) (duty to provide services in accordance with the Victims’ Code) ("Code compliance"). As the BTP is a national force, it does not fall within PCC areas. The BTPA is therefore the appropriate alternative to the PCC for overseeing compliance with the Victims’ Code. As the BTP is a national force, it does not fall within PCC areas. The BTPA is therefore the appropriate alternative to the PCC for overseeing compliance with the Victims’ Code.
	Subsections (4)(a)-(c) place specific duties on the BTP to collect information about its Code compliance and to share information about its Code compliance with the BTPA. The BTP is also required to jointly review the information shared with the BTPA. Regulations will be used to prescribe the information to be collected and/or shared and the intention is that it will include; data relating to BTP’s compliance with the delivery of responsible services under the Victims’ Code and information relating to the experiences of service users.
	Subsection (5)(a)-(c) specify that BTPA must participate in the review of the information shared by BTP and provide the Secretary of State with such of that information as may be prescribed in regulations together with reports on matters in connection with any reviews as may be prescribed in regulations.
	Subsection (7)(a)-(d) sets out a non-exhaustive list of the matters that regulations made under this section may include. This includes prescribing the information to be collected or shared including different information in relation to different services, how information may be collected from victims with protected characteristics and different experiences, the times at which or periods within which information must be collected, shared or reviewed or that a report must be provided by the BTPA to the Secretary of State, and the form that information should be collected and shared in and the form in which information or a report must be provided by the BTPA to the Secretary of State including as may be specified in a notice issued from time to time by the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (8) places a duty on the Secretary of State to consult the Victims’ Commissioner and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate before making regulations. This enables discretion for targeted consultation with those affected and with a specific interest, which it is anticipated may include, for example, BTP and BTPA.