Potential Victim definition

Potential Victim means an adult: 1) whom a First Responder suspects is a victim in advance of referral into the National Referral Mechanism; or 2) in the national referral mechanism who has not received a conclusive grounds decision.

Examples of Potential Victim in a sentence

  • Potential Victim Information: Information about entities that are of high risk to vulnerability or exploit.

  • Where the age of a Potential Victim is uncertain and there are reasons to believe that the person is a child, that person is presumed to be a child.

  • In such circumstances the Potential Victim should be referred to the relevant local authority.