Ms. Pamela Arnott at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On October 9th, 2014. See this statement in context.

October 9th, 2014 / 5:05 p.m.

Director and Senior Counsel, Policy Centre for Victim Issues, Department of Justice

Thank you for your question.

That is not how I understand the bill, but now that you've asked that question, I can see that there is some room for interpretation.

For us, the intent of this provision is that anyone in the list may act on behalf of the victim if the victim is dead or incapable of acting on their own behalf.

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