New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SENTENCING PROCEDURE) ACT 1999 - SECT 30

30 Formal requirements for victim impact statements

(1) A victim impact statement must be in writing and must comply with such other requirements as are prescribed by the regulations.

(1A) Photographs, drawings or other images may be included in the victim impact statement, subject to compliance with any requirements relating to the inclusion of such matters that are prescribed by the regulations.

(2) If a primary victim is incapable of providing information for or objecting to a victim impact statement about the personal harm suffered by the victim (by reason of age, impairment or otherwise), a person having parental responsibility for the victim, a member of the primary victim’s immediate family or any other representative of the victim may, subject to the regulations, act on behalf of the victim for that purpose.

(3) A court may receive and consider a victim impact statement only if it is given in accordance with and complies with the requirements prescribed by or under this Division.