Section 4 confirms that the procedure set out in Section 3 must be followed when revising the Victims’ Code once it has been brought into operation. These provisions are restated from section 33(8) and (9) of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.
	It also creates a new secondary procedure for making amendments to the Victims’ Code, which can be used where the Secretary of State considers the revisions to be minor. Such amendments can be made without a public consultation and include corrections, clarifications and revisions which reflect changes to the law or practice or procedure of the criminal justice system. Subsection (5) states that, under this procedure, the Secretary of State must consult the Attorney General, the Victims’ Commissioner and the Welsh Ministers; lay a new Code before Parliament and stipulate via regulations when the new Victims’ Code will come into force.
Part 1: Victims of Criminal Conduct Victims’ Code Section 4: Revising the Victims’ Code