New Zealand Legislation: Acts

18 Procedure before ascertaining information from victim

• The prosecutor must make all reasonable efforts to ensure, before information is ascertained from a victim under section 17,—

  • (a) that the victim is informed—

    • (i) that the information is being ascertained for submission to the judicial officer sentencing the offender; and

    • (ii) that the victim must ensure that any information that he or she gives is true; and

    • (iii) that the information must be recorded, and may be verified in the way stated in section 19(3) or (4); and

  • (b) that the victim is informed about who may properly see or make or keep copies of the information ascertained, and about the orders, directions, and conditions, relating to disclosure and distribution of it, that may be made under sections 24(3)(b), 25, and 27; and

  • (c) that any views the victim has on whether the prosecutor should apply for orders, directions, or conditions of that kind, are ascertained.