New Zealand Acts

VICTIMS' RIGHTS ACT 2002 - SECT 17

17 Information to be ascertained from victim

1 The prosecutor must make all reasonable efforts to ensure that information about the matters specified in subsection (2) is ascertained from the victim.

2 The matters referred to in subsection (1) are—

a) any physical injury or emotional harm suffered by the victim through, or by means of, the offence; and

b) any loss of, or damage to, property suffered by the victim through, or by means of, the offence; and

c) any other effects of the offence on the victim; and

d) any other matter consistent with the purpose of victim impact statements set out in section 17AB .

3 If a person is a victim in terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of the definition of
"victim" in section 4 , then a reference in subsection (2)(a) to (c) of this section to the victim includes a reference to the child or young person concerned.

4 If a person is a victim in terms of paragraph (a)(iv) of the definition of
"victim" in section 4 because a member of that person's immediate family is incapable, then a reference in subsection (2)(a) to (c) of this section to the victim includes a reference to the incapable person concerned.

History: Section 17: replaced, on 6 December 2014, by section 12 of the Victims’ Rights Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 35).