48. Applicants under 18 

49. Duty to notify the Public Guardian 

50. Provision of advice 

51. Expenses 

52. Review of the Scheme 

53. Consequential amendments 

SCHEDULE 1 — The Board 

SCHEDULE 2 — Assessment of disablement 

SCHEDULE 3 — Consequential amendments 

## SCHEDULES 

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10 and 11 of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019( a ). 

The Secretary of State has had regard to advice given by the Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland in accordance with section 10(10) of that Act. 

## Citation and commencement and extent 

## PART 1 

## Preliminary 

1. —(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. 

