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YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 5
Meaning of "victim"
5 Meaning of "victim"
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a victim means a person who suffers harm as
a direct result of an act committed, or apparently committed, by a child in
the course of a criminal offence.
(2) A person suffers harm if, as a result
of such an act-- (a) the person suffers physical harm or suffers mental
illness, nervous shock or other psychological harm (including fear,
humiliation, shame or stress), or
(b) the person's property is deliberately
taken, destroyed or damaged or the person suffers financial loss.
(3) For the
purposes of this Act, a victim that is an organisation or a Government
authority may be represented by an officer of, or other person nominated by,
the organisation or authority.
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