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The Victims' Payments Regulations 2020

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8.—(1) An application for victims' payments must—

(a)be made to the Board;

(b)be in writing;

(c)be on a form approved for that purpose by the Board,

(d)include such information as the President of the Board may from time to time determine;

(e)be signed by or on behalf of the applicant.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), applications may only be made during the period—

(a)beginning with the date advertised in the Belfast Gazette as the first date on which applications may be made, and

(b)ending on the fifth anniversary of the date so advertised, or such later date as the Secretary of State may determine.

(3) Applications may be made outside of the period mentioned in paragraph (2)—

(a)where there has been a material change of circumstance, or

(b)where the President considers that, having regard to the exceptional circumstances of the case, it is equitable to allow an application to be made.

(4) For the purpose of paragraph (3) there has been a material change of [F1circumstance] where, in particular—

(a)significant evidence relevant to the application has come to light, or

(b)the applicant reasonably considered that they were not entitled to victims' payments pursuant to regulation 6 but the applicant no longer has a conviction to which regulation 6(1)(b) applies or a relevant conviction.

(5) In this regulation “relevant conviction” has the same meaning as in regulation 6.

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I1Reg. 8 in force at 29.5.2020, see reg. 1(3)

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