1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 —These Regulations may be cited as the Riot Compensation Regulations 2017 and come into force on 6th April 2017.
2 In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Riot Compensation Act 2016;
“Authority” means the appropriate local policing body or a person to whom it has delegated functions under regulation 8(1);
“business premises” means premises used wholly or partly for the purposes of a business;
“claimant”, except in regulation 2, means an ordinary claimant or insurer claimant;
“first payment date” means the date or, if there is more than one such date, the first date on which compensation is paid in relation to a section 1 claim;
“insurer claim” means a claim for compensation under section 1(2) of the Act;
“insurer claimant” means an insurance company making an insurer claim;
“ordinary claim” means a claim for compensation under section 1(1) of the Act;
“ordinary claimant” means a person making an ordinary claim;
“representative” means a person acting on behalf of an ordinary claimant;
“residential premises” means premises normally used as one or more dwellings;
“section 1 claim” means a claim for compensation under section 1(1) or (2) of the Act.