New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 29 November 2010
| Public Act | 2002 No 39 |
| Date of assent | 17 October 2002 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
5 Directions about members of immediate family
Part 2
Provisions relating to treatment and rights of victims generally
Principles guiding treatment of victims
9 Meetings to resolve issues relating to offence
10 Enforceability of principles
Information to be given to victims
11 Information about programmes, remedies, and services
12 Information about proceedings
13 Limits on duties to give information under sections 11 and 12
14 Information may be given to victim's support person
15 Victim's rights under Privacy Act 1993
16 Restriction on giving victim's precise address in evidence or information provided to court
16A Criminal proceedings to which section 16 does not apply
17 Victim impact statements in sentencing of offender
18 Procedure before ascertaining information from victim
19 Form and verification of information ascertained
20 Statements by others disadvantaged by offence
21 Information ascertained to be submitted to judicial officer
22 Victim impact statement defined
23 Offender not to be given statement to keep
24 Return of statements at end of proceedings
25 Judicial officer may withhold part of statement from offender to protect victim's physical safety or security
26 Judicial officer not to take into account withheld part
27 Directions or conditions on other disclosure or other distribution of statements
28 Victim's views on application for order prohibiting permanently publication of name of accused or offender
Part 3
Provisions relating to rights of victims of certain offences
Sections 30 to 48 apply only to victims of certain offences
29 Application of sections 30 to 48
Victim's views about release on bail of accused or offender
30 Victim's views about release on bail of accused or offender
31 Application of sections 32 to 38 and 47
Duties of Police in relation to notice under sections 34 to 39
32 Police to give information about right to ask for notice and appointment of representative
Victim's address to be forwarded in certain cases
33 Victim's address to be forwarded in certain cases
33A Secretary must request victim's current address for notice under Prisoners' and Victims' Claims Act 2005
Notice of certain matters to be given to victims of certain offences
34 Notice of release on bail of accused or offender
35 Notice of temporary release from, or escape or absconding from, or death in, prison detention or home detention, of accused or offender
36 Notice of convictions for breaching release or detention conditions and of decisions on recall orders
37 Notice of discharge, leave of absence, or escape or death of accused or offender who is compulsorily detained in hospital or facility
38 Exception to section 37 once certain offenders no longer liable to detention for sentence imposed for offence
39 Notice of proposal to cancel or suspend liability for deportation
41 Effect of appointment of representative
42 Victim's support person may be or appoint representative
43 Method of appointment of representative
Compliance with requirements to give notice
46 Ways in which notice required may be given
Participation in process under Parole Act 2002
47 Victim may participate in process for offender's release from prison or release to or from home detention
Submissions on deportation of offender
48 Victim may make submission on consideration of cancellation or suspension of liability for deportation, or offender’s appeal against deportation
Part 4
Miscellaneous provisions
Complaints and other ways in which rights may be enforced
50 Other ways in which rights may be enforced
Return of property held as evidence
51 Return of property held as evidence
Director-General of Health may delegate duties under Act
52 Director-General of Health may delegate duties
