The Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020 (Commencement) Regulations 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 1537 (C. 44)

Criminal Law, England And Wales

The Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020 (Commencement) Regulations 2020

Made

9th December 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(2) of the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020(1).

Citation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020 (Commencement) Regulations 2020.

Commencement

2.  Sections 1 and 2 of the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020 come into force on 4th January 2021.

Robert Buckland

Secretary of State for Justice

Ministry of Justice

9th December 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring all the remaining uncommenced provisions of the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020 into force on 4 January 2021 (section 3 having come into force the day the Act was passed).