New Zealand Acts

VICTIMS' RIGHTS ACT 2002 - SECT 21

21 Victim impact statement to be submitted to judicial officer

1 If a victim impact statement has been prepared, the victim impact statement must be submitted by the prosecutor—

a) to the judicial officer—

i) sentencing the offender; or

ii) making an order under section 24(1) or 25(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 in relation to a defendant who is acquitted on account of insanity; and

b) in the form in which it was recorded under section 19 unless the judicial officer directs otherwise.

2 Despite subsection (1), a victim impact statement containing information ascertained from a person treated as a victim under section 17AAB may only be submitted with the leave of the judicial officer.

History: Section 21: replaced, on 6 December 2014, by section 15 of the Victims’ Rights Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 35).   Section 21(1)(a): replaced, on 13 December 2022, by section 36 of the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Act 2021 (2021 No 55).     Section 21(2): amended, on 13 December 2022, by section 45 of the Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Act 2021 (2021 No 55).