New Zealand Acts

VICTIMS' RIGHTS ACT 2002 - SECT 32A

32A Secretary to give victim information about right to appoint representative and to request notices

As soon as practicable after receiving a notice under section 32 in respect of a victim, the Secretary must inform the victim that—

a) the victim may appoint a representative under section 40 ; and

b) the victim, or his or her representative, has the right to request to be given any notice under sections 34 to 38 ; and

c) the victim, or his or her representative, at the same time as exercising the right in paragraph (b), must give to the New Zealand Police an address under section 32B(1)(c)(i) or (ii) .

History: Section 32A: inserted, on 6 December 2014, by section 16 of the Victims’ Rights Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 35).