New Zealand Acts

VICTIMS' RIGHTS ACT 2002 - SECT 17AAB

17AAB Statements by others disadvantaged by offence

1 The prosecutor may, if he or she considers it appropriate to do so, decide to treat as a victim, for the purposes of sections 17 to 19 and sections 21 to 27 , a person—

a) who was disadvantaged by an offence; and

b) from whom information on the effects of the offence has been, or could be, ascertained by or on behalf of the prosecutor; and

c) who is not a victim of the offence, a person accused of the offence, or the offender.

2 If the prosecutor decides under subsection (1) to treat a person as a victim of an offence, the person must be treated for the purposes of sections 17 to 19 and sections 21 to 27 as if he or she were a victim of the offence.

History: Section 17AAB (former section 20): renumbered, on 13 December 2022, by section 33 of the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Act 2021 (2021 No 55).