849Nomination of representatives

849 Nomination of representatives

(1) In section 5(1) of the Victims' Charter Act 2006, for "his or her" substitute "the victim's".

(2) For section 5(2) of the Victims' Charter Act 2006 substitute—

"(2) The family members of a person may nominate one or more family members to be the representative of the family for the purposes of this Act, if the person has more than one family member and that person has died or suffered injury as a direct result of—

(a) a criminal offence committed against the person; or

(b) conduct that—

(ii) if engaged in by a person who is 14 years of age or over, would constitute a criminal offence.

1 It is conclusively presumed that a child who is under 12 years of age cannot commit an offence—see section 10 of the Youth Justice Act 2024.

2 It is presumed that a child who is 12 or 13 years of age cannot commit an offence—see section 11 of the Youth Justice Act 2024.".