
2025 No. 1260
POLICE
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Victim Information Requests: Code of Practice) Regulations 2025
Made 2nd December 2025
Laid before Parliament 3rd December 2025
Coming into force 12th January 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 44D(7) (including as applied by section 44F(1)) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (“the Act”).In accordance with section 44D(5) (including as applied by section 44F(1)) of the Act, the Secretary of State in preparing the code of practice has consulted with the persons specified in that section.In accordance with section 44D(6) (including as applied by section 44F(1)) of the Act, after preparing the code of practice, the Secretary of State laid it before Parliament and published it.
Citation, commencement and extent
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Victim Information Requests: Code of Practice) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 12th January 2026.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, subject as follows.
(4) Insofar as these Regulations relate to the persons specified in section 44F(2) (application of Chapter 3A to service police etc) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Code of Practice
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The code of practice entitled “Victim Information Requests: Code of Practice” laid before Parliament and published on 1st December 2025 comes into force on 12th January 2026. 
Jess Phillips
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
2nd December 2025