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The Victims' Payments Regulations 2020

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21.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)an applicant is entitled to victims' payments, and

(b)the application which resulted in that entitlement was made during the relevant period.

(2) For the purpose of determining the amount of victims' payments payable, the entitlement must be backdated to the date the Board considers that the person would have become entitled to victims' payments had this Scheme been established on 23 December 2014.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “the relevant period” means the period—

(a)beginning with the first date on which applications may be made, and

(b)ending on the date three years after that date, or such later date as the Secretary of State may determine.

(4) For the purpose of determining the amount of victims' payments payable in respect of a past period, the reference in regulation 18 to a rate specified from time to time is a reference to the rate specified at the time the amount of victims' payments is determined.

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I1Reg. 21 in force at 29.5.2020, see reg. 1(3)

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