More people are now considered victims for sentencing purposes. This includes people harmed by certain crimes, their family members, dependants, or close personal contacts. It also includes people harmed while helping a victim or while witnessing a crime.

Family members of an unborn child are now considered victims if the pregnancy ended because the pregnant person was injured or died.

Prosecutors must give victim impact statements to the sentencing court.

Sentencing courts can now accept victim impact statements even if they contain information that is irrelevant or not legally allowed in court. The court must ignore those specific parts.

People who provide victim or community impact statements cannot be cross-examined. The court can only allow cross-examination if it is in the interests of justice and the information could significantly change the sentence.

The Coroners Court must take all reasonable steps to tell a deceased person's family if the court decides to hold, reopen, or start a new inquest or investigation.