5Meaning of “victim of crime”

5 Meaning of “victim of crime”

5 Meaning of “victim of crime”

(1) For this Act, a victim of crime is a person who suffers harm as a direct result of an act committed, or apparently committed, by another person in the course of—

(a) a criminal offence, including a criminal offence involving a motor vehicle, or

(b) conduct of a kind referred to in the Modern Slavery Act 2018, section 5(1), definition of modern slavery, paragraph (b).

(2) A person suffers harm if, as a result of an act mentioned in subsection (1)—

(a) the person suffers actual physical bodily harm or psychological or psychiatric harm, or

(b) the person’s property is deliberately taken, destroyed or damaged.

(3) If the person dies as a result of the act, a member of the person’s immediate family is also a victim of crime for this Act.

(4) If a person dies as a result of the act and there is more than one member of the person’s immediate family, the members of the immediate family may nominate a representative for the Charter.