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Act index » Part 3 - Sentences » Division 1C - Victim impact statements
(a)is read aloud or displayed in the course of the sentencing hearing by—
(i)the person making the request; or
(ii)a person chosen by the person making the request who consents and who is approved by the court for that purpose; or
(b)is read aloud in the course of the sentencing hearing by the prosecutor.
(2)If a request is made under subsection (1) and the person specified in the request is available to do so during the course of the sentencing hearing, the court must ensure that any admissible parts of the victim impact statement that are—are read aloud or displayed by the person or persons specified in the request in open court in the course of the sentencing hearing.
(a)identified in the request; and
(b)appropriate and relevant to sentencing—
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2), the court may direct the person who made the request or the person chosen by that person as to which admissible parts of the victim impact statement are appropriate and relevant to sentencing.
(4)Nothing in this section prevents the presiding judge or magistrate from reading aloud any admissible part of a victim impact statement in the course of sentencing the offender or at any other time in the course of the sentencing hearing.