27. Section 20 of the Criminal Justice Act 1951 is amended—

(a) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “of that person or a support worker chosen by a person referred to in paragraph (b)” for “of that person”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (6):

“(7) In this section, ‘support worker’ means a volunteer of, or an individual employed under a contract of service or under a contract for services by, an organisation which provides support to victims of crime.”.