1.—(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.