.”, 30 (b) in subsection (4)(b), after “victim” insert “or, as the case may be, the supporter”. (4A) After section 17D (right to information after section 17B decision) insert— “17DA Section 17B decision: provision of information to person supporting victim (1) This section applies where— (a) a person entitled to receive information under section 17D (the “victim”) 35 intimates to the Scottish Ministers that a person to whom subsection (2) applies (the “supporter”) is to receive, as well as or instead of the victim, the information, or (b) a supporter intimates to the Scottish Ministers that they wish to receive that information and Ministers are satisfied that the victim consents to 40 the supporter receiving the information. (2) This subsection applies to a person— (a) of a description prescribed by the Scottish Ministers by regulations, and 27 Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill Part 2—release from custody (b) who is providing support services to the victim in relation to the offence in respect of which the person referred to in section 17B as O has been made subject to— (i) a hospital direction, 5 (ii) a transfer for treatment direction, or, as the case may be, (iii) a compulsion order and a restriction order. (3) The Scottish Ministers must, unless they consider that there are exceptional circumstances which make it inappropriate to do so, inform the supporter that the decision under section 17B has been taken. 10 (4) Subsection (5) applies where— 1 (a) in accordance with subsection (3), the Scottish Ministers have informed the supporter that the Tribunal has decided to make an order revoking a compulsion order or restriction order, and (b) by virtue of section 196 of the Mental Health Act, the Tribunal's order 15 does not have effect because the Court of Session has made an order under section 323(1) of that Act. (5) The Scottish Ministers must— (a) inform the supporter that the Court of Session has made an order under section 323(1) of the Mental Health Act, and 20 (b) give the supporter the information that they would have had to give the supporter by virtue of section 16C(4) had the Court not made that order. (6) In this section, “support services” has the same meaning as in section 16ZA(5). (7) Regulations under subsection (2)(a)— (a) may— 25 (i) include incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision, (ii) modify enactments (including this Act), (b) which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act are subject to the affirmative procedure, 30 (c) are otherwise subject to the negative procedure.”. (4B) In section 17E (information sharing in respect of mentally-disordered offenders)— (a) in subsection (1)— (i) for “or 16A” substitute “, 16ZA, 16A or 16D”, (ii) after “(“V”)” insert “or, as the case may be, a supporter”, 35 (b) in subsection (3), after “17D” insert “or to a supporter under section 16ZA, 16D or 17DA”, (c) in subsection (5), for “or 16A” substitute “16ZA, 16A or, as the case may be, 16D”, (d) after subsection (5) insert— 28 Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill Part 2—release from custody “(6) In this section, “supporter” is to be construed in accordance with section 16ZA, 16D or, as the case may be, 17DA.”. (4C) In section 18A (interpretation)— (a) in subsection (3)— 5 (i) after “16A(3)(b)” insert “, 16D(4)(b)”, (ii) in paragraph (b), after “V” insert “or, as the case may be, a supporter”, (b) after subsection (4) insert— “(5) In this section, “supporter” is to be construed in accordance with section 16D or, as the case may be, 17DA.”. 10 (4D) In section 18B (power to modify Part)— 1 (a) in subsection (1)(a), for “16A and 16B,” substitute “16ZA, 16A, 16B, 16D(5) and 17ZA(4),”, (b) in subsection (2)(a), for “section 16A” substitute “sections 16A and 16D”, (c) in subsection (3), after “16A” in both places insert “, 16D”. 15 (5) In section 87(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “prescribed”, for “section” substitute “sections 16ZA(2)(a), 16D(2)(a), 17DA(2)(a) and”. (6) The Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 is amended as follows. (7) After section 27A (notification of victims in relation to release etc. of short-term prisoners) insert— 20 “27B Provision of information to person supporting victim (1) This section applies where— (a) a person entitled to receive information under section 27A (“V”) intimates to the Scottish Ministers that a person to whom subsection (2) applies (the “supporter”) is to be given, as well as or instead of V, the 25 information described in section 27A(1) in relation to the person sentenced to imprisonment or detention (“A”), or (b) a supporter intimates to the Scottish Ministers that they wish to be given that information and Ministers are satisfied that V consents to the supporter being given the information. 30 (2) This subsection applies to a person— (a) of a description prescribed by the Scottish Ministers by regulations, and (b) who is providing support services to V in relation to the offence perpetrated against V by A. (3) The Scottish Ministers must notify the supporter of the matters mentioned in 35 section 27A(1). (4) Section 27A(2) and (3) apply to notification under subsection (3) as they apply to notification under section 27A(1). (5) In this section, “support services” has the same meaning as in section 16ZA(5) of the 2003 Act. 29 Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill Part 2—release from custody (6) Regulations under subsection (2)(a) may— (a) include incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision, (b) modify enactments (including this Act). 5 (7) Regulations under subsection (2)(a)— (a) which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act are subject to the affirmative procedure, (b) are otherwise subject to the negative procedure.”. 11A Report on operation of Part 2 10 (1) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the 1 reporting period, lay before the Scottish Parliament a report on the operation of the modifications of enactments made by this Part. (2) In preparing the report, the Scottish Ministers must consult— (a) Community Justice Scotland, 15 (b) each local authority, (c) each health board, (d) the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland, (e) Skills Development Scotland, (f) the Risk Management Authority, 20 (g) the Parole Board for Scotland, (h) Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland, (i) each integration joint board established by virtue of section 9 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, (j) third sector bodies— 25 (i) involved in community justice and the provision of throughcare support, (ii) involved in or carrying out work related to the provision of support to children and families affected by imprisonment, (k) persons who are providing support services to victims in relation to offences perpetrated against or in respect of those victims, 30 (l...