PART I PRELIMINARY

1 Citation, commencement and revocation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Vehicle and Driving Licences (Compensation to Officers) Regulations 1977 and shall come into operation on 2nd September 1977.
2 Subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, the Vehicle and Driving Licences (Compensation to Officers) Regulations 1970 are hereby revoked.
(1970 I, p. 1125).
3 Nothing in these regulations shall have effect, in relation to a person to whom the 1970 Regulations applied, so as to invalidate or otherwise affect the operation of those regulations or anything duly done or suffered under them before these regulations first applied to that person and thereafter anything so done or suffered as well as any payments for loss or diminution of emoluments made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State to or in respect of that person before the commencement of these regulations shall be taken into account by the Secretary of State in considering that person's case for the payment of compensation under these regulations, and any compensation to which that person becomes entitled under these regulations shall be reduced or where appropriate otherwise adjusted accordingly.
4 Without prejudice and subject to paragraph (3) any claim made, review begun or decision notified under the 1970 Regulations before the commencement of these regulations shall be continued and have effect under these regulations as if it were made, begun or notified under the corresponding provisions of these regulations subject, however, to such adjustments or alterations as are appropriate to take account of the provisions of these regulations; and in particular where any person has become entitled to payment of any compensation under the 1970 Regulations, the Secretary of State shall under regulation 32(1)(b) carry out a review of his decision, or where the decision has been the subject of an appeal, the decision of the tribunal relating to that person as if the coming into operation of these regulations were an occurrence of a material change in the circumstances of the case, whether that person has required such a review under regulation 32(2) or not, and whether the said occurrence took place before or after the expiry of 6 months from the decision date within the meaning of regulation 32(4).