The Victims' Payments Regulations 2020

Citation and commencement and extent U.K.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Victims' Payments Regulations 2020.

(2) The following provisions come into force on the 24th February 2020—

(a) regulation 1;

(b) regulation 3;

(c) Schedule 1;

(d) paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 2, and regulation 15(8) so far as it relates to that paragraph;

(e) paragraphs 1, 4 and 5 of Schedule 3, and regulation 53 so far as it relates to that paragraph.

(3) The remaining provisions of these Regulations come into force on 29th May 2020.

(4) Except as provided by paragraphs (5) to (7), these Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.

(5) Regulations 1, 2, 26, 28, 29 and 31 extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(6) The amendments made by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 extend to England and Wales only.

(7) Any other amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision it amends.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 24.2.2020, see reg. 1(2)(a)