Victim Support Agency (Establishment)

L.N. 418 of 2021

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACT

(CAP. 595)

Victim Support Agency (Establishment)

(Amendment) Order, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 26 of the

Public Administration Act, the Prime Minister has made the following

The title of this order is the Victim Support Agency

(Establishment) (Amendment) Order, 2021 and this order shall be read

and construed as one with the Victim Support Agency (Establishment)

Order, hereinafter referred to as "the principal order".

Immediately after article 4 of the principal order there shall

be added the following new articles

The Agency shall have the power to obtain

information on the release date of sentenced persons,

prison leave as provided in regulation 61 of the Prisons

the release date

Regulations, any absence from prison of persons subject

to pre-sentencing imprisonment, and any other absence

from prison of the persons concerned. Such information

shall be obtained from the Correctional Services Agency

and may be transmitted to the victim or potential victim,

provided that it is directly relevant to such person.

It shall also be lawful for the Agency to

request and receive information from the Malta Police

from the Malta

Force necessary for the identification of victims or

potential victims, who are directly or indirectly affected

by the crime.".

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