PART 1Preliminary
Citation and commencement and extent1
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.